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Operation Storfang

During World War II operation Storfang ('Sturgeon Catch' in German) was the siege operation by the German Eleventh Army against the Soviet defenses at Sevastopol, Russia beginning on 7 June 1942.

An amphibious assault north of the city outflanked the Soviet defenses and the city fell on 30 June 1942.

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