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Russia 1942 ▶ Battle Of Kerch Crimea “Unternehmen Trappenjagd“ Krim Kertsch Керчь Tatar Wall Tatarengraben - Erich von Manstein, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Chef des Stabes 11. Armee Otto Wöhler Operation “Bustard Hunt“ (8 to 19 May 1942) was the code name for the German-Romanian enterprise to conquer the Kerch Peninsula on the eastern side of the Crimea. Prior to this, the German Wehrmacht had been repulsed by Soviet troops after the conquest of the Crimean peninsula with multiple landing operations in the winter of 1941/42 (Kerch-Feodossija Operation). For the planned summer offensive “Fall Blau“ it was important that a possible flank threat was removed by the Crimea. For this reason the Kerch peninsula was to be reconquered first and then the fortress Sevastopol was to be taken. The Germans were confronted with blatant mistakes of the Soviet military leadership. Thus they had concentrated the majority of their troops in the northern front advance Kiet-Korpetsch. Due to their numerical superiority, the
