11-15-2012, 05:55 PM
Quote:It certainly sounds like Sevastopol, but Jona already guessed Chersonesos. :unsure:
Duncan, heavy fightings took place not only during the famous Siege of Sevastopol but also at other points of the Crimea.
See for example:
Battle of the Kerch Peninsula;
Kerch-Eltigen Operation.
In 2010 we had to dig through a German anti-aircraft 88mm gun site to get to the Hellenistic layer. So we dug out a captured American land-leased Chevrolet truck with ammo that was destroyed by a direct hit of a Soviet aerial bomb. Next year we found some fragments of Nazi soldier bones, 5 German unexploded anti-aircraft 88mm shells, significant number of 88mm used cartridges, many rounds for German Mauser rifles, artillery gunpowder and details from the same truck. There also was another anti-aircraft site for 20mm Flak 38 and many shells for it found in 2004-2006 seasons.
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