Battle of Sokolovo

March 8–13, 1943

Result German advance slowed

Czechoslovak troops fighting alongside the Red Army delayed a German advance near Kharkiv. It was the first action of a Czechoslovak unit with the Soviets.

Contemporaries

Allies of World War II

Axis powers

Soviet Union

Czechoslovakia

Germany

Ludvík Svoboda military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 350
Deaths: 86
Wounded: 114

Strength: 2,400