<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Kharkov" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Battle of Kharkov">Second Battle of Kharkov</a>: In eastern Ukraine, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> forces under Marshal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Timoshenko" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Semyon Timoshenko">Semyon Timoshenko</a> launch a major offensive from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izium" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Izium">Izium</a> bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Group_South" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Army Group South">Army Group South</a> two weeks later.