✦ History

Part of World War II, Eastern Front (World War II)

Third Battle of Kharkov

February 19 – March 15, 1943 · Kharkiv

Result German victory

German forces under Manstein counterattacked the Soviets in Ukraine and retook Kharkov and Belgorod. The success stabilized the German front before Kursk.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Axis

Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Konstantin Rokossovsky military commander Nikolai Vatutin military commander Markian Popov military commander Filipp Golikov military commander
Erich von Manstein military commander Paul Hausser military commander Eberhard von Mackensen military commander Hermann Hoth military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
210,000
Casualties
86,469
Wounded
41,250

Units

Central Front Southwestern Front (Soviet Union) 1st Guards Army (Soviet Union) 3rd Guards Tank Army 40th Army (Soviet Union) 69th Army (Soviet Union) 6th Guards Combined Arms Army 70th Army (Soviet Union) 15th Tank Corps 1st Guards Cavalry Corps 100th Rifle Division 107th Rifle Division 121st Rifle Division 152nd Rifle Division 160th Rifle Division (1940 formation) 183rd Rifle Division 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division 195th Rifle Division 1st Guards Tank Division 232nd Rifle Division 237th Rifle Division 244th Rifle Division 350th Rifle Division 41st Guards Rifle Division 48th Guards Rifle Division 58th Guards Rifle Division 60th Guards Rifle Division 61st Guards Rifle Division 62nd Guards Rifle Division 6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 16th Air Army
Army Group South 1st Panzer Army 4th Panzer Army II SS Panzer Corps LVII Panzer Corps XXX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXX Panzer Corps XXXXVIII Panzer Corps 15th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 255th Infantry Division 302nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland Luftflotte 4

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