March 1943

Eastern Front

The Grossdeutschland Division forces a way into the junction of the 69th and 40th Armies and secures Borisovka. The Stavka reinforces the 69th Army with a tank corps.

SS Totenkopf severs the 3rd Tank Army lines of communication, isolating the already shattered army inside Kharkov. The severity of the fighting has considerably reduced the combat strength of the SS corp, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Division having only 14 operational panzers left. In all the battle inside the city has cost the Germans 11,500 killed.