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The Second Battle of Kharkov or Operation Fredericus was an Axis counter-offensive in the region around Kharkov against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted 12–28 May 1942, on the Eastern Front during World War II.
First Battle of Kharkov, an October 1941 battle in which German troops captured the city; Second Battle of Kharkov, a May 1942 battle in which Soviet forces attempted to retake the city; Third Battle of Kharkov, a February 1943 battle in which Soviet forces were driven out again, and the Germans forces retook the city; Belgorod–Kharkov ...
The First Battle of Kharkov was a battle that took place from 20 to 24 October 1941 for control of the city of Kharkov, [c] located in the Ukrainian SSR, during the final stage of Operation Barbarossa. The battle was fought between the German 6th Army, part of Army Group South, and the Soviet Southwestern Front.
Second Battle of Kharkov [ edit ] As the Red Army prepared a new offensive to liberate the city of Kharkov in May, in part from the Izium Salient, the 343rd was in the reserves of the Southwestern Direction, along with the 277th Rifle Division , 2nd Cavalry Corps , and three separate tank battalions.
[21] [22] During the first months of 2024, reports appeared that the Russian army was rebuilding its forces in the north to launch a new offensive in the direction of Kharkiv later that year. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] On 8 May 2024, the governor of Kharkiv Oblast , Oleh Syniehubov , reported a large gathering of Russian forces north of the region.
It helped to carve out the bridgehead north of Rostov known as the Izium Salient, but was encircled and destroyed during the Second Battle of Kharkov. A second 351st began forming in July 1942 in the North Caucasus, and went into combat in October, liberating the town of Alagir in January 1943. During the rest of that year and on into 1944 the ...
On the same date the main German offensive began. 21st and 40th Armies were the chief targets for encirclement by Army Group South in the initial phase. 21st Army had seven rifle divisions in the first echelon and two (the 226th and 343rd) in the second. Once the storm broke, during the month of July, the 226th and its Army could do little ...
Battle of Kharkov, four battles in World War II First Battle of Kharkov, an October 1941 battle; Second Battle of Kharkov, a May 1942 battle; Third Battle of Kharkov, a February 1943 battle; Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation (also known as Fourth Battle of Kharkov), an August 1943 battle; Battle of Kharkiv (2022), starting in February ...