dropped 20,528 tons of bombs. German artillery had fired a further 46,750 tons of munitions, with total Axis munitions consumption coming to 67,278 tons over the course of one month. The Luftwaffe claimed to have destroyed 611 motor vehicles, 123 aircraft of which 18 on the ground, 38 artillery pieces, 10 tanks, a locomotive and a flak barge. Further destroyed were 48 Soviet artillery batteries, 28 barracks and industrial buildings, 20 bunkers, 11 ammunition depots, 10 fuel depots, a bridge and an observation post. Hundreds more motor vehicles had been damaged along with 7 artillery pieces, 43 artillery batteries, 2 barracks and another bridge. German aerial attacks had sunk 10,800 tons of Soviet shipping including 4 destroyers, a submarine, 3 motor torpedo boats, 6 coastal vessels and 4 freighters. 12,000 tons of shipping were also damaged, with 2 destroyers, 10 coastal vessels and 2 freighters among the losses. Although ultimately a German success, the operation took much longer than the Germans had expected. Operation Blau, Army Group South's advance toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus, was just beginning, and the German offensive did not have the 11th Army to support it. Instead, the German 6th Army under Paulus was without crucial support, ultimately contributing to its defeat. References Citations Gottob Herbert Bidderman of the German 132nd Infantry division, his book " In deadly combat" tells the story of the siege of Sevasstopol through the eyes of an ordinary soldier. Bibliography Beevor, Antony. The Second World War. Back Bay Books, 2012. . Bergström, Christer. Barbarossa – The Air Battle: July–December 1941. London: Chevron/Ian Allan. . Bergström, Christer. Stalingrad – The Air Battle: 1942 through January 1943. Midland Publishing, Hinkley, 2007. Brookes, Andrew. Air War Over Russia. Ian Allan Publishing. 2003. Forczyk, Robert. Sevastopol 1942: Von Manstein's Triumph. Osprey, Oxford, 2008. Hayward, Joel S. A. Stopped at Stalingrad: The Luftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East, 1942–1943. University Press of Kansas, 1998. Hooton, E. R. Eagle in Flames: The Fall of the Luftwaffe. Arms & Armour Press. 1997. Keyser, Carl A. WWll Diary held by the author's family. External links Sevastopol Sevastopol Sevastopol 1941 in the Soviet Union 1942 in the Soviet Union Sevastopol Military history of Sevastopol Sevastopol Sevastopol Sevastopol Sevastopol Crimea in World War II Sevastopol hu:Szevasztopol ostroma