Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokukundikana kwokurwisa kwavo kwokutanga Sevastopol, Axis yakasarudza kuita hondo yokukomberedza kusvikira pakati pa 1942, panguva iyo vakarwisa mauto eSoviet akanga akakomberedzwa nepasi, mugungwa, uye mumhepo. Musi wa2 June 1942, Axis yakatanga basa iri, raiva nezita rokuti "Störfang" (Kubatwa kweSturgeon). Mauto eSoviet Red Army neBlack Sea Fleet akatsungirira kwevhiki dzakawanda pasi pokurwiswa zvine simba neAxis. Mauto Emuchadenga eGermany (Luftwaffe) akaita basa rinokosha mukukomba, 8th Air Corps yayo ichibhomba mauto eSoviet akakombwa pasina kurangwa, ichibhururuka 23,751 misasa uye ichidonhedza matani 20,528 emabhomba muna June oga. Ukuru hwehondo dzendege dzeGermany hwakanga hwakapfuura nokure kurwisa mabhomba kweGermany kwakapfuura pamaguta akadai se
Warsaw, Rotterdam kana kuti London. Pakupera kwekukombwa kwacho, kwaingova nezvivako 11 zvisina kukuvadzwa zvakanga zvasara muSevastopol. Luftwaffe yakanyudza kana kuti yakadzivisa kuedza kwakawanda kweSoviet kubvisa mauto avo nomugungwa. Mauto eGermany 11th akaderedza uye akaparadza vadziviriri nekuvapfura matani 46,750 emagandanga epfuti pavari panguva ye "Störfang".