Third Battle of Kharkov

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The eastern front at the time of the Third Battle of Kharkov. (click to enlarge)
Third Battle of Kharkov
Conflict	World War II
Date	February 16–March 15, 1943
Place	Kharkov in USSR
Result	Axis victory
Combatants Voronezh Front Southwestern Front Army Group South First Panzer Army Fourth Panzer Army Commanders Filipp Golikov Nikolay Vatutin Erich von Manstein Strength 300,000 men 160,000 men Casualties Voronezh Front: army of Popov: 3,000 KIA, 11,000 WIA, Vorohez front: 20,000 KIA, 90,000 WIA, 9,000 POWs, finaly battles: 25,000 KIA, 80,000 WIA, 10,000 POWs (total=48,000 KIA, 180,000 WIA AND 19,594 POWs) unknown
Soviet-German War Barbarossa – Silberfuchs – Smolensk – Uman – 1st Kiev – Typhoon – 1st Rostov – Leningrad – Moscow – Sevastopol – 1st Rzhev-Vyazma – 2nd Kharkov – 1st Voronezh – Stalingrad – Velikiye Luki – Uranus – 2nd Rzhev-Sychevka – Saturn – 3rd Kharkov – Kursk – Belgorod – 4th Kharkov – Korsun – Narva – Hube's Pocket – Bagration – 2nd Kiev – Vistula-Oder – Balaton – Berlin – Halbe – Prague

The Third Battle of Kharkov was the last major German victory of World War II. Led by Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, the Germans retook the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting. The SS Panzer Corps, equipped with heavy Tiger tanks, played a significant role.

Kharkov had originally been captured on October 25, 1941, but had been retaken by the Soviets in February 1943 following the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad. The Third Battle of Kharkov left the city only temporarily in Axis hands; on August 22, 1943, in the aftermath of the Battle of Kursk, the Germans were driven out once again.

Reference

• The Battle of Kharkov, by Jean Restayn, J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing. ISBN 0921991487
• Platz der Leibstandarte: The SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "LSSAH" and the Battle of Kharkov January - March 1943, by George Nipe & Remy Spezzano, RZM Imports. ISBN 0965758427
• Last Victory in Russia: The SS-Panzerkorps and Manstein's Kharkov Counteroffensive February - March 1943, by George M. Nipe, Jr., Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764311867

See also

• Eastern Front (WWII)
• Second Battle of Kharkov

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