{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"The Battle of Sevastopol, part 1: Beyond Barbarossa, episode 27","description":"Crimea was a critical asset to hold for Germany's plans for its summer 1942 offensive. Especially its best harbour, and the base for the Soviet Black Sea Fleet: Sevastopol.\n\nMap: The Battle of Sevastopol, 1942\n\n\n\nFigure 1: Western Crimea by satellite. Severnaya Bay is the long, narrow estuary going east from the Black Sea. Sevastopol is in the narrow bay that comes south from it.\n\n\n\nFigure 2: Sturmgeshutz III \"StuG III\" self-propelled assault gun\n\nFigure 3: Goliath disposable explosive vehicle\n\n\n\nFigure 4: Thor's brother, Karl-Geralt super-heavy mortar\n\nFigure 5: An unexploded 600-mm shell in Crimea, 1942\n\nFigure 6: Dora, the biggest gun ever made, firing 800 mm shells\n\n Figure 7: The sunken Abkhazia transport ship in Sevastopol Harbour, 1942\n\n\n\n\n\n Hosted on Acast. See https://acast.com/privacy for more information.\n\nHosted on Ausha. See https://ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.","author_name":"Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5173732-beyond-barbarossa-the-eastern-front-of-world-war-2","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43762569/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}