Second Battle of Kharkov

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Eastern Front engagement World War II battle battle

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.

Aliases (1)

Second Battle of Kharkiv ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Front engagement → World War II battle → battle →
alsoKnownAs	Second Battle of Kharkiv →
belligerent	Red Army → Wehrmacht →
casualtiesSide	high Soviet casualties → lower German casualties →
cityContested	Kharkiv →
commanderGerman	Ewald von Kleist → Fedor von Bock NERFINISHED → 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 → Ukrainian SSR →
objective	Soviet attempt to recapture Kharkiv →
operationType	offensive and counteroffensive →
outcome	encirclement of Soviet forces → heavy Soviet losses →
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II →
precededBy	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 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Second Battle of Kharkov ("Second Battle of Kharkiv") →	alsoKnownAs
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive →	followedBy
Soviet Southwestern Front →	notableEngagement
Third Battle of Kharkov →	precededBy
Southwestern Front →	tookPartIn