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Events on Thursday 28 May 1942 1
1942Second Battle of KharkovSoviet offensive ends in encirclementA Soviet offensive to retake Kharkov ran into a German counter-attack that trapped several Soviet armies at the Izium salient. The Red Army lost more than 250,000 men. The defeat opened the way for the German summer drive toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus.