February 1943

Eastern Front

Stary Oskol falls to the 38th Army as the 40th Army crosses the northern Donets and cuts the Belgorod to Kursk road. Units of the 40th Army isolated Korocha. Elements of the 69th and 3rd Tank Armies attack the SS Panzer Corps, while other units of the 3rd Tank Army attempt to cross the Donets but are held back by the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Division.

Balakleya and Izyum falls to the Soviet 6th Army. The 6th continues between Balakleya and Izyum bu the Germans fight a bitter delaying action to evade encirclement. Heavy fighting rages at Lisichansk where the 1st Guards Army continues to attack. At Kramatorsk the Soviets move the III Tank Corps up to support elements of Group Popov.

In the Kuban, Soviet troops capture Yeysk on the Azov coast, severing land communications between 17th Army and Army Group Don. Soviet assault landings at Myoshako and Anapa are successfully beaten off by 17th Army but only after protracted fighting.