What the records say
- When
- 26 Dec 1941 – 19 May 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 45.25° N, 35.98° E
- Description
- comprising of the Kerch-Feodosia Landing Operation and the Operation Bustard Hunt
Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
1942 battle in the Crimea
The Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, which commenced with the Soviet Kerch-Feodosia Landing Operation and ended with the German Operation Bustard Hunt, was a World War II battle between Erich von Manstein's German and Romanian 11th Army and the Soviet Crimean Front forces in the Kerch Peninsula, in the eastern part of the Crimean Peninsula.
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