Second Battle of Kharkov

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The Second Battle of Kharkov was a major World War II Eastern Front clash in May 1942, in which a failed Soviet offensive near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv led to a decisive German counterattack and heavy Soviet losses.

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Second Battle of Kharkov canonical 10
Second Battle of Kharkiv 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front engagement
World War II battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Second Battle of Kharkov
surface form: Second Battle of Kharkiv
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
casualtiesSide high Soviet casualties
lower German casualties
cityContested Kharkiv
commanderGerman Ewald von Kleist
Fedor von Bock
Friedrich Paulus
commanderSoviet Nikita Khrushchev
Semyon Timoshenko
conflictIn World War II
counterattackBy Nazi Germany
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
encirclementArea Izium salient
endDate 1942-05-28
followedBy Third Battle of Kharkov
forceType armored units
infantry units
front Eastern Front
historicalCategory 1942 in the Soviet Union
Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II
Battles involving Germany
Battles involving the Soviet Union
initiatedBy Soviet Union
location Kharkiv
Soviet Union
Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian SSR
objective Soviet attempt to recapture Kharkiv
operationType offensive and counteroffensive
outcome encirclement of Soviet forces
heavy Soviet losses
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
precededBy Battle of Kharkov
surface form: First Battle of Kharkov
primaryAxisOfAttack north of Kharkiv
south of Kharkiv
region eastern Ukraine
relatedOperation Operation Fredericus
result German victory
startDate 1942-05-12
strategicSignificance weakened Soviet forces before Case Blue
theater Southwestern sector of Eastern Front
timePeriod May 1942

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Soviet Southwestern Front notableEngagement Second Battle of Kharkov
Southwestern Front tookPartIn Second Battle of Kharkov
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive followedBy Second Battle of Kharkov
Second Battle of Kharkov alsoKnownAs Second Battle of Kharkov
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Kharkiv
Third Battle of Kharkov precededBy Second Battle of Kharkov
Battle of Kharkov hasPart Second Battle of Kharkov
69th Army participatedIn Second Battle of Kharkov
Southern sector of the Eastern Front notableCampaign Second Battle of Kharkov
52nd Army (Red Army) participatedIn Second Battle of Kharkov
German occupation of Kharkov followedBy Second Battle of Kharkov
Operation Fredericus partOf Second Battle of Kharkov