December 1941

Eastern Front

Manstein continues to attack Sevastopol, gaining territory around Fort Stalin. Fighting on the Kerch peninsula results in the destruction of Soviet forces south of Kerch, but those to the north can not be dislodged. Sponek again requests permission to fall back to the Ak-Monai narrows but is overruled by Manstein, who knows the only chance of defeating this new threat is to push the Soviets back into the sea before they become well established on the peninsula.