On December 17 , six German infantry divisions and two Romanian brigades restarted another attack on the port of Sevastopol, supported by 1,275 guns and mortars, some 150 tanks and 300 aircraft. However, the Soviet counteroffensive forced the German invaders to stop their attacks on January 4 , 1942. The German army attacked from the north, but, the Soviet army managed to resist the attack due to its favorable positions, 10 German tanks were destroyed by four sailors. On November 10 the German forces resumed the attack with 60,000 men, but after 10 days they had to stop. Then they got their hands on their gigantic Dora cannon , the largest piece of artillery ever built. The Germans launched a five-day artillery attack in which toxic gas was said to have been used. The German 11th Army was made up of seven infantry divisions. It also had the support of Romanian units. In the opposite trench, the Soviet defense of Crimea had given the Black Sea Fleet and the Naval Army time to strengthen Sevastopol, which was at a great numerical disadvantage. 33 km of tank trenches, 56 km of barbed wire and around 9,600 landmines were made . On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany and its allies attacked the Soviet Union , taking the Red Army and its leaders by surprise. German units advanced deep into Soviet territory using the blitzkrieg tactic. The mechanized infantry rushed forward, sweeping everything in their path. The German army was divided into three large forces: the Northern Army was heading towards Leningrad , the Center Army heading towards Moscow and the Southern Army targeting the Soviet Republic of Ukraine . Part of this last force was the German 11th Army., This army had the mission to seize the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and control the port of Sevastopol . Battle of Sevastopol or (Siege of Sevastopol). it was a battle developed from October 1941 to July 1942 , between Nazi German forces and the Soviet army in the framework of World War II . The Germans wanted to seize the city of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula and control the naval base, facing the Black Sea .
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