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Second World War spread over Europe, and many points in different regions of Europe, came into prominence, strategically. Those points had impact on not only the conduction of operations, but also the political calculations. Crimea was also such that region. Hitler was giving particular importance here was for, both to reach Caucasian oil reserves, and to constrain the Russians from Black Sea superiority, and to hold here for diplomatic pressure on Turkey. Therefore, Germans launched an operation to conquest the peninsula. Combats were quiet stiff, ended up as late as July, 1942. Thus Germans succeeded in nestling the Caucasus, at the same time, their political pressure on Turkey peaked. However, Germans regression began first in Stalingrad and then in Kursk, resulted Crimea was sealed by the Soviet armies in November, 1943. This time the Germans were to defend the peninsula, exhibited stiff resistance. In May, 1944, Crimea was in Soviet hands again. There were military and political reasons, of the Crimea rejected to abandon of both sides. In virtue of its location and geography, the peninsula had a role to ensure security of both the southern part of the East Front and the Black Sea, was also affecting having initiative to attack the zone of interior. In this research, after the operations in Crimea given, both the events and the subject are analyzed.

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