The first assault on Sevastopol. November of the 41st

In September 1941, the Primorsky Army was transferred to the aid of the 51st Army, who was fighting in the Crimea, holding the defense of Odessa, but she failed to save the situation on the Crimean peninsula. The Wehrmacht broke through Ishun positions and rushed to Sevastopol, trying to capture the city on the move. The order of the German 11th Army Erich von Manstein said: “Sevastopol is a faint fortress... take a march, a short blow”...

whether the Primorsky army performed the departure to Sevastopol, as previously thought, or By order of a higher command? Should she retreat to pre -prepared lines? When does the Sevastopol defense actually begin? Why, despite the fact that the Wehrmacht managed to completely surround Sevastopol from the sushi, the attempt to storm the city in November 41st? archival documents, for the first time sheds light on events related to the retreat of the Primorsky army in Sevastopol and the initial stage of the defense of the Black Sea fortress.