Battle of Kharkov
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Four battles of World War II around the city of Kharkov in Soviet Ukraine (modern Kharkiv in Ukraine) are known as the Battle of Kharkov:
- German troops captured the city in the First Battle of Kharkov, 1941.
- Soviet forces attempted to retake it in the Second Battle of Kharkov (usually known simply as The Battle of Kharkov), May 1942, but were cut off and destroyed.
- Soviet forces retook the city after the Battle of Stalingrad but were driven out again in the Third Battle of Kharkov in February 1943.
- Soviet forces took the city for the final time in the Fourth Battle of Kharkov, August 1943.
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