Battle of Kharkov
Encyclopedia
Battle of Kharkov may refer to:
- First Battle of KharkovFirst Battle of KharkovThe 1st Battle of Kharkov so named by Wilhelm Keitel was the 1941 tactical Wehrmacht battle for the city of Kharkiv during the final phase of Operation Barbarossa by the German 6th Army of the Army Group South on 20 October 1941...
, a 1941 battle in which German troops captured the city - Second Battle of KharkovSecond Battle of KharkovThe Second Battle of Kharkov, so named by Wilhelm Keitel, was an Axis counter-offensive against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted from 12 May to 28 May 1942, on the Eastern Front during World War II. Its objective was to eliminate the Izium bridgehead over Seversky Donets, or the...
, a 1942 battle in which Soviet forces attempted to retake the city - Third Battle of KharkovThird Battle of KharkovThe Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of offensive operations on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by the German Army Group South against the Red Army, around the city of Kharkov , between 19 February and 15 March 1943...
, a February 1943 battle in which Soviet forces were driven out again - Fourth Battle of Kharkov, an August 1943 battle in which Soviet forces took the city