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World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
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1939–1945 global conflict
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Second Battle of Kharkov
1942 battle in the Eastern Front of World War II
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Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946
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Soviet military commander (1895–1970)
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Izium
City in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Army Group South
Name of three distinct German Army groups in the Eastern Front of World War II
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