About the book: 2017 / In September 1941, the Primorsky Army, which held the defense of Odessa, was transferred to the aid of the 51st Army fighting in the Crimea, but to save the situation on She failed on the Crimean peninsula. The Wehrmacht broke through the Ishun positions and rushed towards Sevastopol, trying to capture the city on the move. The order of the commander of the German 11th Army, Erich von Manstein, said: “Sevastopol is a weak fortress... Take by march, with a short blow”... Did the Primorsky Army retreat to Sevastopol on its own, as was previously thought, or on the orders of a higher command? Should she have retreated to previously prepared lines? When does the Sevastopol defense actually begin? Why, despite the fact that the Wehrmacht managed to completely surround Sevastopol from land, did the attempt to storm the city in November 1941 fail? This book, based on materials from Soviet, German (most of them are published for the first time) and Romanian archival documents, sheds light on events related to the retreat of the Primorsky Army to Sevastopol and the initial stage of defense of the Black Sea fortress.