| WW2 footage. German Wartime Newsreel (Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr. 615, Jun-1942). Siege of Sevastopol - Last Pictures of a German Cameraman Killed in Action; After Bitter Fighting, German and Romanian troops surround Sevastopol; On 21 May 1942 the Germans launched a bombing and bombardment of the city. On 2 June the main barrage began, and all of the resources of the Luftwaffes Luftflotte 4, commanded by Wolfram von Richthofen, descended on their targets, continuing for five days before the main attack began. On June 7, 1942, the Germans assaulted the secondary defensive line. |