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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instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
surface form: Barvenkovo–Lozova offensive

Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
surface form: Barvenkovo–Lozovaya operation
belligerent Red Army
Wehrmacht
combatant Heeresgruppe Süd
surface form: German Army Group South

Soviet 57th Army
Soviet 6th Army
Soviet Southwestern Front
conflict Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
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 Soviet Southwestern Front
surface form: Southwestern Front (Red Army)
geographicalFeature Siverskyi Donets
surface form: Seversky Donets River
historicalSignificance created a vulnerable salient later exploited by German forces in May 1942
location Barvinkove
Izium salient
Lozova
eastern Ukraine
militaryFormationInvolved 6th Army
surface form: 6th Army (Wehrmacht)
militaryOperationScope operational-level offensive
objective create conditions for a subsequent offensive on Kharkov
expand the Izium salient
opponent Army Group South
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
surface form: Soviet winter campaign of 1941–1942

Soviet-German Front
surface form: Soviet–German War

World War II
precededBy Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942
region Donbas
surface form: Donbas area

Kharkiv Oblast
surface form: Kharkov 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–Lozovaya offensive
this entity surface form: Barvenkovo–Lozova offensive
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive alsoKnownAs Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
this entity surface form: Barvenkovo–Lozovaya operation
Mikhail Shumilov participatedIn Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
this entity surface form: Izyum–Barvenkovo Offensive
Izium salient associatedOperation Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
this entity surface form: Soviet Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Operation Fredericus precededBy Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
this entity surface form: Soviet Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive