Third Battle of Kharkov

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World War II battle battle

The Third Battle of Kharkov was a major World War II Eastern Front engagement in early 1943 in which German forces, led by Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, counterattacked and temporarily recaptured the city of Kharkov from the Soviet Red Army.

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Label	Occurrences
Third Battle of Kharkov canonical	19
Third Battle of Kharkiv	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ surface form: Third Battle of Kharkiv
belligerent	Red Army ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
category	Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ Battles involving Germany ⓘ Battles involving the Soviet Union ⓘ
cityRecaptured	Kharkiv ⓘ surface form: Kharkov
cityRecapturedBy	German forces ⓘ
commander	Erich von Manstein ⓘ Fyodor Kostenko ⓘ Hermann Hoth ⓘ Nikolai Vatutin ⓘ Paul Hausser ⓘ
conflict	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
countryInvolved	Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
date	February–March 1943 ⓘ
endDate	1943-03-15 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Kursk ⓘ
frontLineShift	in favor of Germany in southern sector ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1943 in the Soviet Union ⓘ
historicalSignificance	last major German operational victory on the Eastern Front ⓘ
involvedUnit	German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ surface form: 4th Panzer Army Army Group South ⓘ I SS Panzer Corps ⓘ surface form: SS Panzer Corps Southwestern Front ⓘ Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ surface form: Voronezh Front
location	Kharkiv Oblast ⓘ Kharkiv ⓘ surface form: Kharkov Soviet Union ⓘ Soviet Ukraine ⓘ surface form: Ukrainian SSR
notableFor	mobile armored counterattacks by German forces ⓘ temporary stabilization of German front in southern Russia ⓘ
objective	halt Soviet advance after Stalingrad ⓘ retake Kharkov ⓘ
operation	Manstein’s counteroffensive ⓘ
outcome	temporary German recapture of Kharkov ⓘ
partOf	Case Blue aftermath ⓘ World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
result	German victory ⓘ
startDate	1943-02-19 ⓘ
strategicContext	post-Stalingrad German counteroffensive ⓘ
theater	Eastern Front ⓘ
year	1943 ⓘ

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

7th Panzer Division → tookPartIn → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Heeresgruppe Süd → participatedIn → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Erich von Manstein → participatedIn → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive → preceded → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Army Group South → operation → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Nikolai Vatutin → participatedIn → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

German 1st Panzer Army → engagedIn → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Second Battle of Kharkov → followedBy → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

II SS Panzer Corps → engagedIn → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

I SS Panzer Corps → participatedIn → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Third Battle of Kharkov → alsoKnownAs → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Battle of Kharkiv

Totenkopf Division → engagedIn → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Battle of Kharkov → hasPart → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski → notableCommand → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

subject surface form: Erich von Manstein

Southern sector of the Eastern Front → notableCampaign → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

German occupation of Kharkov → followedBy → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin → notableWork → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin → participatedIn → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

6th Panzer Division → participatedIn → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ

3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf → engagement → Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ