18 Oct 1941

Ukraine
  • German Colonel General Erich von Manstein launched his Eleventh Army against the Perekop Isthmus in Russia but fierce Soviet resistance on a narrow front caused the German advance to proceed extremely slowly. ww2dbase [Battle of Sevastopol | Krym | AC]
13 May 1942

Ukraine
  • German Luftwaffe III./KG 55, flying He 111 bombers, departed from Sarabuz Russkiy Airfield in Krym, Russia for Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. The transfer was in response to the Soviet counter-offensive toward Kharkov, Ukraine. ww2dbase [Sarabuz Russkiy, Krym | CPC]
13 May 1943

Ukraine
  • Italian torpedo boats stationed at Yalta, Ukraine conducted their last sortie from this base. ww2dbase [Yalta, Krym | CPC]
15 May 1943

Ukraine
  • German Luftwaffe I./KG 55, flying He 111 bombers, departed from Sarabuz Russkiy Airfield in Krym, Russia for Stalino (now Donetsk), Ukraine. The transfer was in response to the Soviet counter-offensive toward Kharkov, Ukraine. ww2dbase [Sarabuz Russkiy, Krym | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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