Second Battle of Kharkov

Name: Second Battle of Kharkov
Start: 1942-05-12
End: 1942-05-18

12 May 1942 – 18 May 1942 · 49.23° N, 37.13° E

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When: 12 May 1942 – 18 May 1942
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 49.23° N, 37.13° E
Description: May 1942 battle during World War II
War: World War II

Second Battle of Kharkov

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.

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Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Second Battle of Kharkov: In the eastern Ukraine, the Soviet Army initiates a major offensive to capture the city of Kharkov from the German Army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht bei Charkow führt nach sowjetischen Anfangserfolgen zur Einkesselung eines großen Teils der Angriffsverbände durch einen deutschen Gegenangriff”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В ходе советской наступательной Харьковской операции немецкие войска нанесли успешный контрудар”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

Second Battle of Kharkov

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