Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East
Season 1, Episode 16: The Defence of Sevastopol
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Hitler’s 1941 invasion of the USSR ran into some its fiercest resistance at the Black Sea ports of Odessa and Sevastopol, where Soviet elite naval infantry brigades fought doggedly to hold back German and Romanian troops. At Sevastopol, a long and bloody siege unfolded, causing the Germans to bring in some of the biggest artillery guns ever used.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Operation Barbarossa
Episode 2
The Battle of Moscow
Episode 3
The Siege of Leningrad
Episode 4
Stalingrad
Episode 5
The Battle of Kursk
Episode 6
Operation Bagration
Episode 7
Battle of Ukraine
Episode 8
Battle of Berlin
Episode 9
The Secret War
Episode 10
The War at Sea
Episode 11
The Air War
Episode 12
The Battle for Germany
Episode 13
War Against Japan
Episode 14
The Rzhev ‘Meat-Grinder’
Episode 15
The Battle of Kiev
Episode 16
The Defence of Sevastopol
Episode 17
The Battle of the Caucasus
Episode 18
The Partisan War