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First Battle of Kharkov
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
German infantry and armored vehicles battle Soviet defenders on the streets of Kharkov
Date
20–24 October 1941
Location
Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Result
German victory
Territorial changes
German forces occupy Kharkov
Belligerents
Germany
Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Erwin Vierow Anton Dostler
Viktor Tsyganov
Strength
Two divisions 1 Sturmgeschütz battalion 10,000–30,000 men (est.) 12 StuG III
One division [a]
Casualties and losses
unknown
unknown [b]
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t
e
Eastern Front
Naval warfare
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Arctic Ocean
1941
Barbarossa
Brest
Białystok–Minsk
1st Baltic
Brody
Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
1st Smolensk
Uman
Odessa
1st Kiev
Tallinn
Leningrad
Sea of Azov
1st Kharkov
1st Crimea
Sevastopol
Rostov
Gorky
Moscow
Finland
Kerch
Chechnya
Air war 1941
1942
Lyuban
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya
Rzhev
Toropets–Kholm
Demyansk
Kholm
2nd Kharkov
Case Blue
Caucasus
Rzhev–Sychyovka
Sinyavino
Stalingrad
Velikiye Luki
Mars
Little Saturn
1943
Iskra
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh
Voronezh–Kharkov
Polar Star
3rd Kharkov
Gorky Blitz
Kursk
1st Donbas
Belgorod-Kharkov
2nd Donbas
2nd Smolensk
Lenino
Dnieper
Nevel
2nd Kiev
1944
Dnieper–Carpathian
Leningrad–Novgorod
Narva
2nd Crimea
1st Jassy–Kishinev
Karelia
Bagration
Lvov–Sandomierz
Doppelkopf
2nd Jassy–Kishinev
Dukla Pass
2nd Baltic
Belgrade
Debrecen
Petsamo–Kirkenes
Courland
Gumbinnen
Budapest
1945
Vistula–Oder
Western Carpathian
East Prussia
Silesia
Breslau
Solstice
East Pomerania
Lake Balaton
Moravia–Ostrava
Vienna
Bratislava–Brno
Berlin
Prague
Prague uprising
Czech Radio
Slivice
v
t
e
Operation Barbarossa
German declaration of war
Phase 1
Brest
Białystok–Minsk
1st Baltic
Raseiniai
Brody
Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
Mogilev
Phase 2
Smolensk
Roslavl–Novozybkov
Advance on Leningrad
Phase 3
Uman
Odessa
1st Kiev
Tallinn
Petrikowka
Yelnya
Leningrad
Sea of Azov
Phase 4
1st Kharkov
Beowulf
Donbas–Rostov
Bryansk
1st Crimea
Sevastopol
Tikhvin
1st Rostov
Bombing of Gorky
Moscow
Air war
Air war 1941
Air war 22 june 1941
The First Battle of Kharkov was a battle that took place from 20 to 24 October 1941 for control of the city of Kharkov,[c] located in the Ukrainian SSR, during the final stage of Operation Barbarossa. The battle was fought between the German 6th Army, part of Army Group South, and the Soviet Southwestern Front. The Soviet 38th Army was tasked with defending the city while its factories were dismantled and moved to a more easterly location.
The main objective for the German 6th Army was to capture Kharkov, which would help them close the growing gap between themselves and the German 17th Army. By 20 October, the Germans had advanced to the western edge of the city, and by 24 October, the 57th Infantry Division was able to take control of Kharkov. By this time, however, most of the city's industrial facilities had been evacuated or rendered useless by Soviet authorities.
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