Battle of Kharkov

Last updated

The Battle of Kharkov was any one of four World War II battles in and near the Soviet city of Kharkov in modern Ukraine. In usage the term is sometimes indistinct, perhaps meaning the collection of all fighting at Kharkov including and in between the four named battles, or perhaps meaning just one of the battles without specifying which. For example, soldiers have received awards "for their action in the Battle of Kharkov".

The four named battles are:

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Third Battle of Kharkov</span> 1943 series of battles on the Eastern Front of World War II

The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of battles on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by Army Group South of Nazi Germany against the Soviet Red Army, around the city of Kharkov between 19 February and 15 March 1943. Known to the German side as the Donets Campaign, and in the Soviet Union as the Donbas and Kharkov operations, the German counterstrike led to the recapture of the cities of Kharkov and Belgorod.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Second Battle of Kharkov</span> 1942 battle in the Eastern Front of World War II

The Second Battle of Kharkov or Operation Fredericus was an Axis counter-offensive in the region around Kharkov against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted 12–28 May 1942, on the Eastern Front during World War II. Its objective was to eliminate the Izium bridgehead over Seversky Donets or the "Barvenkovo bulge" which was one of the Soviet offensive's staging areas. After a winter counter-offensive that drove German troops away from Moscow but depleted the Red Army's reserves, the Kharkov offensive was a new Soviet attempt to expand upon their strategic initiative, although it failed to secure a significant element of surprise.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Operation Little Saturn</span> Soviet attack on German holdouts

Operation Little Saturn was a Red Army offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II that led to battles in Don and Chir rivers region in German-occupied Soviet Union territory in 16–30 December 1942.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kharkiv</span> City in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv Raion. It has a population of 1,421,125.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Izium</span> City in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Izium or Izyum is a city on the Donets River in Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Izium Raion. Izium hosts the administration of Izium urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) southeast of the administrative center of the oblast, Kharkiv.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Kiev (1943)</span> Battle during World War II

The Second Battle of Kiev was a part of a much wider Soviet offensive in Ukraine known as the Battle of the Dnieper involving three strategic operations by the Soviet Red Army and one operational counterattack by the Wehrmacht, which took place between 3 November and 22 December 1943.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1st Ukrainian Front</span> Military unit

The 1st Ukrainian Front, previously the Voronezh Front, was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group.

Kharkiv is a city in Ukraine.

The 76th Rifle Division was a Red Army infantry division, formed twice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">First Battle of Kharkov</span> 1941 battle of WW2 on the Eastern Front

The First Battle of Kharkov, named by Wilhelm Keitel, was a 1941 conflict fought over control of the city of Kharkov, located in the Ukrainian SSR, during the final stage of Operation Barbarossa. The battle was fought between the German 6th Army, part of Army Group South, and the Soviet Southwestern Front. The Soviet 38th Army was tasked with defending the city while its factories were dismantled and moved to a more easterly location.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coat of arms of Kharkiv</span>

The Coat of arms of Kharkiv is the official coat of arms of both Kharkiv city and Kharkiv Oblast.

Battle of Kharkiv may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation</span> German forces defeat by Red army in 1943

The Belgorod–Kharkov strategic offensive operation, or simply Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation, was a Soviet strategic summer offensive that aimed to recapture Belgorod and Kharkov, and destroy Nazi German forces of the 4th Panzer Army and Army Detachment Kempf. The operation was codenamed Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev, after the 18th-century Field Marshal Peter Rumyantsev and was conducted by the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts in the southern sector of the Kursk Bulge. The battle was referred to as the Fourth Battle of Kharkov by the Germans.

Kharkov, the Russian name for Kharkiv, is a city in Ukraine.

Panzer Campaigns is a series of operational level wargames originally developed by John Tiller Software, and currently by Wargame Design Studio. The games were originally published until 2010 by HPS Simulations, then self published by John Tiller Software until being bought out by Wargame Design Studio in 2021, after Tiller's death. There are currently 29 titles in the series, spanning the various fronts of World War II.

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

The 300th Rifle Division began service as a standard Red Army rifle division shortly after the German invasion, and fought in the southwestern part of the Soviet-German front for nearly two years following. It was able to escape the encirclement east of Kiev in September, 1941, and then fought to defend, and later to try to liberate, the city of Kharkov during 1941-42. After falling back under the weight of the German 1942 summer offensive, the division began distinguish itself during Operation Uranus in late 1942, when it helped defeat the German attempt to relieve Sixth Army and later in the pursuit of the defeated Axis forces and the second liberation of Rostov-na-Donu. In recognition of these successes it was raised to Guards status as the 87th Guards Rifle Division. A second 300th Rifle Division was raised a few months later and fought briefly but very successfully against the Japanese in Manchuria in August 1945. The second formation became the 3rd Tank Division in the Far East postwar and was redesignated as the 46th Tank Division in 1957 before disbanding in 1959.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Industrialnyi District, Kharkiv</span> Urban district in Kharkiv in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Industrialnyi District is an urban district of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, named after its industrial hub built in 1930s at its city's eastern outskirts.

Kharkiv Operation may refer to:

Occupation of Kharkiv may refer to:

References

  1. Glantz, David; House, Jonathon (1995). When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler . University of Kansas Press. p.  70. ISBN   978-0-7006-0899-7.