Battle of Sokolovo
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The Battle of Sokolovo took place on 8 and 9 March 1943, near the village of Sokolovo near Kharkiv in Ukraine when the ongoing attack of the Wehrmacht was delayed by joint Soviet and Czechoslovak forces. It was the first time that a foreign military unit, the First Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion, fought together with the Red Army. Under the command of Ludvík Svoboda, later President of Czechoslovakia, the Czechoslovak soldiers delayed the advance of Germans to the Mzha River. On 13 March, the position was abandoned as untenable due to the complete German encirclement of Kharkov.
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1943 Battle of Sokolovo
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- Sokolovo ve stínu propagandy - book edition published in 2016, Czech
- Sokolovo: sborník reportáží a dokumentů o prvním bojovém vystoupení 1. čs. samostatného polního praporu v SSSR na sovětsko-německé frontě v roce 1943 - book edition published in 1948, Czech
- Kapitán Otakar Jaroš: příběh hrdiny od Sokolova - book edition published in 2018, Czech
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1917 | Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1918 | Odesa Soviet Republic | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1918 | Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1943 | Third Battle of Kharkov | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1943 | Battle of Sokolovo | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2023 | Shelling of the Nova Poshta branch near Kharkov | war crime, missile strike, mass murder | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | Northern Kharkiv front of the Russo-Ukrainian War | war front | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1958 | Museum of fighting brotherhood in the village | history museum, military museum | Wikidata |