Second Battle of Kharkov

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The Second Battle of Kharkov was a major World War II Eastern Front clash in May 1942, in which a failed Soviet offensive near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv led to a decisive German counterattack and heavy Soviet losses.

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Generate an image of the Second Battle of Kharkov (The Second Battle of Kharkov was a major World War II Eastern Front clash in May 1942, in which a failed Soviet offensive near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv led to a decisive German counterattack and heavy Soviet losses.)

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Second Battle of Kharkov canonical 11
Second Battle of Kharkiv 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front engagement ⓘ
World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Battle of Kharkiv ⓘ
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
casualtiesSide high Soviet casualties ⓘ
lower German casualties ⓘ
cityContested Kharkiv ⓘ
commanderGerman Ewald von Kleist ⓘ
Fedor von Bock ⓘ
Friedrich Paulus ⓘ
commanderSoviet Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
conflictIn World War II ⓘ
counterattackBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
encirclementArea Izium salient ⓘ
endDate 1942-05-28 ⓘ
followedBy Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
forceType armored units ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
historicalCategory 1942 in the Soviet Union ⓘ
Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Battles involving Germany ⓘ
Battles involving the Soviet Union ⓘ
initiatedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
location Kharkiv ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Ukrainian SSR ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
objective Soviet attempt to recapture Kharkiv ⓘ
operationType offensive and counteroffensive ⓘ
outcome encirclement of Soviet forces ⓘ
heavy Soviet losses ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
precededBy First Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kharkov
primaryAxisOfAttack north of Kharkiv ⓘ
south of Kharkiv ⓘ
region eastern Ukraine ⓘ
relatedOperation Operation Fredericus ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
startDate 1942-05-12 ⓘ
strategicSignificance weakened Soviet forces before Case Blue ⓘ
theater Southwestern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod May 1942 ⓘ

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Soviet Southwestern Front → notableEngagement → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
Southwestern Front → tookPartIn → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → followedBy → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
Second Battle of Kharkov → alsoKnownAs → Second Battle of Kharkiv ⓘ
linked to: Second Battle of Kharkov
Third Battle of Kharkov → precededBy → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
Battle of Kharkov → hasPart → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
69th Army → participatedIn → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
Southern sector of the Eastern Front → notableCampaign → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
52nd Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
German occupation of Kharkov → followedBy → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
Operation Fredericus → partOf → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
Red Army operations in Ukraine → includes → Second Battle of Kharkov ⓘ