June 1942

The LIV Corps renews its attack upon Sevastopol, supported by the VIII Air Corps and massive artillery fire. The Soviet defenses are literally blasted out of the groung by the crusing bombardment, but still progress is disappointingly slow. The first line of Soviet defenses continue to hold up the XXX Corps. Attacks continue over the next few days, the Germans slowly nibbling at the Soviet positions, taking one strong point after another in bloody close-quarters fighting.

At a Stavka session Stalin admits that it has been a mistake to downgrade the Volkhov Front and proposes to reform the front under Meretskov.