Soviets defeated in Second Battle of Kharkov 70 years ago today (1942)

May 28, 20121940s, World War IIadmin

Video: Second Battle of Kharkov (at 12:46)

(Thursday, May 28, 1942, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — The Second Battle of Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine ended today as Germany scored a victory by knocking out the Russian force threatening Kharkov. In all, 170,958 Soviets were killed, missing or captured since May 12.

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