Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive

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The Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive was a World War II Red Army operation in early 1942 aimed at expanding the Izium salient in eastern Ukraine, which ultimately set the stage for the later encirclement at the Second Battle of Kharkov.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Barvenkovo–Lozova offensive ⓘ
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya operation ⓘ
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
combatant German Army Group South ⓘ
linked to: Heeresgruppe Süd

Soviet 57th Army ⓘ
Soviet 6th Army ⓘ
Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
conflictType land battle ⓘ
consequence set the stage for the encirclement of Soviet forces at the Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime February 1942 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
followedBy Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
front Southwestern Front (Red Army) ⓘ
geographicalFeature Seversky Donets River ⓘ
linked to: Siverskyi Donets
historicalSignificance created a vulnerable salient later exploited by German forces in May 1942 ⓘ
location Barvinkove ⓘ
Izium salient ⓘ
Lozova ⓘ
eastern Ukraine ⓘ
militaryFormationInvolved 6th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: 6th Army
militaryOperationScope operational-level offensive ⓘ
objective create conditions for a subsequent offensive on Kharkov ⓘ
expand the Izium salient ⓘ
opponent Army Group South ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front

Soviet winter campaign of 1941–1942 ⓘ
Soviet–German War ⓘ
linked to: Soviet-German Front

World War II ⓘ
precededBy Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 ⓘ
region Donbas area ⓘ
linked to: Donbas

Kharkov Oblast ⓘ
linked to: Kharkiv Oblast
result Soviet forces advanced west of the Seversky Donets River ⓘ
Soviet tactical success ⓘ
creation of a large Soviet salient south of Kharkov ⓘ
startTime January 1942 ⓘ
strategicContext Soviet winter counteroffensives after the Battle of Moscow ⓘ
theatreOfWar southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod early 1942 ⓘ
typeOfAction offensive operation ⓘ
usedMilitaryBranch armored forces ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ

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Soviet Southwestern Front → notableEngagement → Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
Southwestern Front → tookPartIn → Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → alsoKnownAs → Barvenkovo–Lozova offensive ⓘ
linked to: Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → alsoKnownAs → Barvenkovo–Lozovaya operation ⓘ
linked to: Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Mikhail Shumilov → participatedIn → Izyum–Barvenkovo Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Izium salient → associatedOperation → Soviet Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
linked to: Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Operation Fredericus → precededBy → Soviet Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ⓘ
linked to: Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive