May 1944

Monday, May 8th


Eastern Front

SOUTHERN SECTOR

The 2nd Guards and 51st Armies push into Sevastopol, cutting off part of the XLIX and V Corps to the east. As the remnants fall back the 51st Army sweeps into the city, capturing most of it as the Germans flee to the Khersonnes Peninsula. With the end in sight, Hitler belatedly orders the evacuation.


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