Харьковская операция (1942) · Вторая битва за Харьков · 12–28 May 1942

Second Battle of Kharkov

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A decisive battle of the Great Patriotic War, fought 12–28 May 1942. Marshal Timoshenko launched a pre-emptive Soviet offensive from the Barvenkovo salient that made early gains, but on 17 May Kleist's First Panzer Army struck the southern flank and closed a pincer with Paulus's Sixth Army, trapping three Soviet field armies. Soviet casualties reached 280,000; the catastrophe tore open the southern front and opened the road for Case Blue, the German drive toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus, launched one month later.

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Semyon Timoshenko

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (EN) comprehensive article: 12–28 May 1942, Soviet offensive from Barvenkovo and Volchansk salients crushed by German pincer (Operation Fridericus), 280,000 Soviet casualties, three armies encircled, prelude to Case Blue
  2. Wikipedia (RU) Russian article: Вторая битва за Харьков / операция «Фредерикус», наступление Тимошенко с Барвенковского выступа, контрудар Клейста 17 мая, окружение и уничтожение советских сил, путь к операции «Блау»
  3. hoover.org Hoover Institution: Second Battle fought 12–28 May 1942, Marshal Timoshenko's forces suffered over 170,000 killed and 106,000 wounded against German losses of 20,000–30,000
  4. saberandscroll.scholasticahq.com Tormod B. Engvig: academic analysis of the battle as Wehrmacht at its highest watermark and Red Army at its lowest ebb, directly enabling Fall Blau
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