February 1943

Eastern Front

Fighting at Kharkov intensifies as 69th Army pushes deeper into the city. Hausser's II Panzer Corps puts up fierce resistance to the attacks but slowly falls back toward the city center. The SS Panzer Corps counterattacks and throws the 3rd Tank Army out of Novaya Vadolaga. A renewed 3rd Tank Army attack at Rogan stalls in the face of fierce German resistance. Lozovaya falls to 1st Guards Army. Elements of the army push on to take Grishino and Krasnoarmieskoye, Group Popov taking advantage of this to attack the left wing of XL Panzer Corps. In order to counter this threat the Germans move units west from Artemovsk to retake Krasnoarmieskoye.