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Voronezh–Kharkov offensive
Soviet strategy to push back the Nazis to central Ukraine in 1943 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Voronezh–Kharkov strategic offensive operation was a successful strategic offensive operation of the Red Army's Voronezh, Bryansk and South-Western fronts, carried out from January 13 to March 3, 1943 with the aim of defeating the German Army Group B and liberating a large territory and the important industrial and administrative centers Voronezh, Kursk, Belgorod and Kharkov.
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Part of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
![]() Eastern Front 1942-11 to 1943–03 | |||||||
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30 divisions | 502,400 men | ||||||
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246,000 killed and captured, 75,000 wounded or sick, 3,400 artillery pieces, 578 tanks [1] |
37,423[2][3] 13,876 killed 23,547 wounded/sick |
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