Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive

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World War II battle military offensive

The Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive was a World War II Red Army operation in early 1942 aimed at expanding the Izium salient in eastern Ukraine, which ultimately set the stage for the later encirclement at the Second Battle of Kharkov.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive canonical 2
Soviet Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive 2
Barvenkovo–Lozova offensive 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
surface form: Barvenkovo–Lozova offensive

Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
surface form: Barvenkovo–Lozovaya operation
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
combatant Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group South

Soviet 57th Army ⓘ
Soviet 6th Army ⓘ
Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
conflictType land battle ⓘ
consequence set the stage for the encirclement of Soviet forces at the Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime February 1942 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
followedBy Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
front Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Front (Red Army)
geographicalFeature Siverskyi Donets ⓘ
surface form: Seversky Donets River
historicalSignificance created a vulnerable salient later exploited by German forces in May 1942 ⓘ
location Barvinkove ⓘ
Izium salient ⓘ
Lozova ⓘ
eastern Ukraine ⓘ
militaryFormationInvolved 6th Army ⓘ
surface form: 6th Army (Wehrmacht)
militaryOperationScope operational-level offensive ⓘ
objective create conditions for a subsequent offensive on Kharkov ⓘ
expand the Izium salient ⓘ
opponent Army Group South ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ⓘ
surface form: Soviet winter campaign of 1941–1942

Soviet-German Front ⓘ
surface form: Soviet–German War

World War II ⓘ
precededBy Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ⓘ
region Donbas ⓘ
surface form: Donbas area

Kharkiv Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Kharkov Oblast
result Soviet forces advanced west of the Seversky Donets River ⓘ
Soviet tactical success ⓘ
creation of a large Soviet salient south of Kharkov ⓘ
startTime January 1942 ⓘ
strategicContext Soviet winter counteroffensives after the Battle of Moscow ⓘ
theatreOfWar southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod early 1942 ⓘ
typeOfAction offensive operation ⓘ
usedMilitaryBranch armored forces ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ

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Subject: Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Description of subject: The Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive was a World War II Red Army operation in early 1942 aimed at expanding the Izium salient in eastern Ukraine, which ultimately set the stage for the later encirclement at the Second Battle of Kharkov.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Southwestern Front → notableEngagement → Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
Southwestern Front → tookPartIn → Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → alsoKnownAs → Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barvenkovo–Lozova offensive
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → alsoKnownAs → Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barvenkovo–Lozovaya operation
Mikhail Shumilov → participatedIn → Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Izyum–Barvenkovo Offensive
Izium salient → associatedOperation → Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Operation Fredericus → precededBy → Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive