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The '''[[Barvinkove]]-Losowaja Operation''' was was a [[Red Army]] operation on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] in the European Theatre of [[World War II]]; it took place between 18 and 31 January 1942.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://militarymaps.narod.ru/oper_1942.html#7 |title=Основные операции Советских Вооруженных Сил в ВОВ, начавшиеся в 1942 году |publisher=Militarymaps.narod.ru |trans_title=Basic operation of the Soviet Armed Forces in the Second World War, 1942 |date= |accessdate=2010-06-24 |language=Russian}}</ref> The Red Army advanced {{convert|90|-|100|km|mi}}.
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
| partof = the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] of [[World War II]]
| image = Eastern Front 1941-12 to 1942-05.png
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Gains in the south after the Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
| date = 18-31 January 1942
| place = North-Eastern Ukraine, near [[Barvinkove]]
| result = Soviet victory
| combatant1 = {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
| combatant2 = {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}
| commander1 = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Fedor von Bock]]
| commander2 = {{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Rodion Malinovsky]]<br/>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Fyodor Kostenko]]
| units1 = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Army Group South]]
| units2 = {{plainlist|
* {{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)|Southwestern Front]]
* {{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} [[Southern Front (Soviet Union)|Southern Front]]
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| casualties1 = 25,000
Russian estimate
| casualties2 = unknown|
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The '''[[Barvinkove|Barvenkovo]]–Lozovaya offensive''' was a [[Red Army]] operation on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] in the European Theatre of [[World War II]]; it took place between 18 and 31 January 1942.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://militarymaps.narod.ru/oper_1942.html#7 |script-title=ru:Основные операции Советских Вооруженных Сил в ВОВ, начавшиеся в 1942 году |publisher=Militarymaps.narod.ru |trans-title=Basic operation of the Soviet Armed Forces in the Second World War, 1942 |access-date=2010-06-24 |language=ru}}</ref> The Red Army advanced {{convert|90|-|100|km|mi}} and destroyed 3 [[Germany|German]] [[Division (military unit)|divisions]] (298th, [[68th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|68]] and 257th Infantry Divisions). According to Soviet data, Nazi Germany lost 25,000 soldiers.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ryabyshev|first=D.I.|url=http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/ryabyshev_di/04.html|title=Первый год войны|publisher=[[Voenizdat]]|year=1990|isbn=|location=Moscow|pages=|language=ru}}</ref> According to German sources, some 5,000 soldiers were lost.<ref>''Human Losses in World War II'' [http://ww2stats.com/cas_ger_okh_dec42.html Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group, 1942 (BA/MA RW 6/556, 6/558)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228032412/http://ww2stats.com/cas_ger_okh_dec42.html |date=2015-12-28 }}</ref>

== Prelude ==
Preparations for the Barvenkovo–Lozovaya operation began from the first days of 1942. The operation was to be carried out by the forces of the South-Western and Southern Fronts. In the area of [[Balakliia]], [[Lozova]] and [[Barvinkove|Barvenkovo]], the enemy's defense was not solid, but was organized in the form of a number of strongholds prepared for the conduct of circular defense. The plan of the operation was to have both Fronts jointly break through the defenses between [[Balakliia]] and [[Bakhmut|Artyomovsk]], to advance in the rear of the enemy forces in the Donbass-Taganrog area, to push it towards the coast of the Sea of Azov and destroy it there.

== Order of battle ==

=== USSR ===
* [[Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)|Southwestern Front]] (commander – [[Fyodor Kostenko]]).
**[[6th Army (Soviet Union)|6th Army]] (Auxentios Gorodnyansky);
**[[38th Army (Soviet Union)|38th Army]] (Alesksey G. Maslov);
**[[6th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union)|6th Cavalry Corps]] (A. F. Byczkowski).

*[[Southern Front (Soviet Union)|Southern Front]] (commander – [[Rodion Malinovsky]]).
**[[57th Army (Soviet Union)|57th Army]] ([[Dmitry Ryabyshev]]);
**[[37th Army (Soviet Union)|37th Army]] ([[Anton Lopatin]]);
**[[12th Army (Soviet Union)|12th Army]] ([[Konstantin Koroteyev]]);
**[[9th Army (Soviet Union)|9th Army]] ([[Fyodor Kharitonov]]);
**[[1st Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union)|1st Cavalry Corps]] ([[Feofan Parkhomenko]]);
**[[5th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union)|5th Cavalry Corps]] ([[Andrei Grechko]]).

=== Germany ===
* [[Army Group South]] (General Field Marshal [[Walter von Reichenau]], from January 18, 1942 – [[Fedor von Bock]]).
**[[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|6th Army]] ([[Friedrich Paulus]]);
**[[17th Army (Wehrmacht)|17th Army]] ([[Hermann Hoth]]);
**[[1st Panzer Army]] ([[Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist|Ewald von Kleist]]).

== Results ==
The Soviet command failed to perform the task to encircle and destroy a large group of the Wehrmacht. The command of the Soviet troops, acting at the initial stage decisively, did not take the necessary measures to expand the breakthrough on the flanks. This allowed the Germans to move in reinforcements and suffer relatively small losses to stabilize the situation.

Soviet historiography actively postulated the thesis that thanks to the Barvenkovo–Lozovaya operation, the German command could not transfer reinforcements from the southern section of the Soviet-German front to Moscow, where Soviet troops [[Battle of Moscow|successfully counterattacked]]. However, the operation itself, which began in the second half of January 1942, started too late to affect the overall outcome of the [[Battle of Moscow]].

The Soviet advance created the Izyum–Barvenkovo salient, which would be cut off by the Germans during the [[Second Battle of Kharkov]] in May 1942, causing the loss of some 300,000 Soviet soldiers.


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Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II

Gains in the south after the Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Date18-31 January 1942
Location
North-Eastern Ukraine, near Barvinkove
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
 Germany  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Fedor von Bock Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky
Soviet Union Fyodor Kostenko
Units involved
Nazi Germany Army Group South
Casualties and losses

25,000

Russian estimate		 unknown

The Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European Theatre of World War II; it took place between 18 and 31 January 1942.[1] The Red Army advanced 90–100 kilometres (56–62 mi) and destroyed 3 German divisions (298th, 68 and 257th Infantry Divisions). According to Soviet data, Nazi Germany lost 25,000 soldiers.[2] According to German sources, some 5,000 soldiers were lost.[3]

Prelude

Preparations for the Barvenkovo–Lozovaya operation began from the first days of 1942. The operation was to be carried out by the forces of the South-Western and Southern Fronts. In the area of Balakliia, Lozova and Barvenkovo, the enemy's defense was not solid, but was organized in the form of a number of strongholds prepared for the conduct of circular defense. The plan of the operation was to have both Fronts jointly break through the defenses between Balakliia and Artyomovsk, to advance in the rear of the enemy forces in the Donbass-Taganrog area, to push it towards the coast of the Sea of Azov and destroy it there.

Order of battle

USSR

Germany

Results

The Soviet command failed to perform the task to encircle and destroy a large group of the Wehrmacht. The command of the Soviet troops, acting at the initial stage decisively, did not take the necessary measures to expand the breakthrough on the flanks. This allowed the Germans to move in reinforcements and suffer relatively small losses to stabilize the situation.

Soviet historiography actively postulated the thesis that thanks to the Barvenkovo–Lozovaya operation, the German command could not transfer reinforcements from the southern section of the Soviet-German front to Moscow, where Soviet troops successfully counterattacked. However, the operation itself, which began in the second half of January 1942, started too late to affect the overall outcome of the Battle of Moscow.

The Soviet advance created the Izyum–Barvenkovo salient, which would be cut off by the Germans during the Second Battle of Kharkov in May 1942, causing the loss of some 300,000 Soviet soldiers.

References

  1. ^ Основные операции Советских Вооруженных Сил в ВОВ, начавшиеся в 1942 году [Basic operation of the Soviet Armed Forces in the Second World War, 1942] (in Russian). Militarymaps.narod.ru. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  2. ^ Ryabyshev, D.I. (1990). Первый год войны (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
  3. ^ Human Losses in World War II Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group, 1942 (BA/MA RW 6/556, 6/558) Archived 2015-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

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