A year ago a powerful German siege army, reinforced to 14 divisions, for the third and last time in eight months attacked the Russian naval base of Sevastopol. Not long after the assault began, a young playwright, Boris Voyetekhov, arrived as special correspondent for Pravda. His book (The Last Days of Sevastopol; Knopf; $2.50) on Sevastopol's final struggle, tells the story of one of the great delaying actions that have defeated German strategy in Russia.
The hell created by the Germans at Sevastopol came in the midst of the lovely, flower-scented early Black Sea...
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