23rd Tank Corps
The 23rd Tank Corps was a tactical military formation (tank corps) RKKA of the Union Soviet Socialist Republics during the Second World War.
It was part of the "operational army" from April 12, 1942, to May 9, 1945.[1]
Full name
Full real name at the end of the Second World War:
The 23rd Tank Budapest Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Corps.
History
The corps was formed in 1942. With the 21st Tank Corps (Soviet Union), it was earmarked for the Soviet offensive that became the Second Battle of Kharkiv.[2]
At the end of May 1942, during the battle and after large numbers of Soviet troops had been encircled, near the village of Lozovenka, Barvinkove Raion(?), the brigade was took part in the breakthrough from the Barvenkovsky encirclement as part of the combined tank group of Major General Kuzmin, which consisted of the remnants of 5th Guards, 7th, 37th, 38th, and 43rd tank brigades, as well as the remnants of the 21st and 23rd Tank Corps. The breakthrough was accompanied by very heavy losses for the Soviet troops.[3]
References
- "Memory of the people: The combat path of the military unit: 23 tank corps (23 mk)". pamyat-naroda.ru. %D1%82%D0%BA/?back Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
{{cite web}}: Check|archive-url=value (help) - Glantz 1998.
- "Fights for Kharkov, May 1942". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- Glantz, David M. (1998). Kharkov 1942: Anatomy of a Military Disaster. New York City: Sarpedon. ISBN 1-885119-54-2.
- Holm, Michael http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/td/23td.htm - sketch divisional history for 23rd Tank Division after 1945, drawing on V.I. Feskov et al 2013.