Episode 505-Catch Me, If You Can

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.5 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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With the Battle of Ishun lost, the Soviets retreat, in all directions. Soon, Crimean cities are falling and prisoners are being scooped up in the thousands. At Sevastopol, the first line of defense is lost, but does that mean defeat for the massive port city. One man thinks, no. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.7	Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast.
0:48.2	Episode 505, Catch me, if you can.
0:52.8	Last time, with the town of Ashun being lost to the Germans so quickly,
0:55.5	the Stov got removed Konezov from overall command and replaced him with Admiral Lechenkov. And of course, the Stovka had only one
1:02.4	order for the new commander, attack and keep attacking until the original defensive line was regained.
1:09.7	And the Admiral would attempt to do as ordered,
1:12.8	but his Achilles' heel was his lack of air cover. Still, needs must. The plan was to advance
1:21.2	from the Chaluki River and head north to enemy-controlled, as soon, with the recently arrived
1:26.7	25th and 95th rifle divisions,
1:29.4	though much weakened from fighting in Odessa, along with what remained of the 51st Army.
1:36.3	No, Lachenko did not have an air arm to speak of, nor enough artillery, but he had a few T-34
1:42.8	tanks left, and they would have to do.
1:46.3	On October 24th, the attack got underway. The first problem was that the Soviets would have to
1:52.5	cover the three odd miles to get to Ischun, and parts of the German 73rd infantry division
1:58.1	were just south of the city, shielding it. On the German side,
2:03.0	the 73rd did lack men from all this fighting, but they still had a goodly amount of
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