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Eastern Front #56 Operation Fridericus II
Last time we spoke about fighting at Sevastopol. In mid-June 1942, the Soviet military faced cascading crises across multiple fronts. General Belov's cavalry corps attempted a desperate escape across the Warsaw highway, with his southern column breaking through German defenses in a daring night assault, though his northern forces encountered fiercer resistance and remained trapped. Far to the northwest, the starving 2nd Shock Army trapped at Lyuban finally exhausted its food supplies on June 19th, forcing a suicidal breakout attempt. Concurrently, Sevastopol's siege intensified as German…
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