Battle of Lypovec
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Battle of Lypovec | |
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Part of Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |
Result | Slovak victory |
43 tanks
123 artillery pieces
unknown number of tanks and artillery pieces
167 wounded
2 destroyed
7 tanks damaged
2 armored car damaged
The Battle of Lypovec was an armed clash fought between the
The Battle
The Soviet defense on the cross of the
The Slovak Rychlá brigáda lost 5 tanks: three
Aftermath
The Slovaks suffered 261 casualties: 75 killed, 167 wounded, 2 POWs and 17 MIA, while the Soviets had 600 killed and 1000 wounded. The Rýchla brigáda had not had enough force to defeat a stronger enemy in pre-prepared positions. The reluctance of Slovak soldiers to fight against the Soviet Union was also manifested by the first defectors to the Soviet side, who were reported missing in official reports. The mechanical staff had enough technical means to repair all of the battalion vehicles, but under the influence of anti-fascist and pro-Czechoslovak officers, they had withdrawn all vehicles and the whole battalion to Slovakia on the pretext that they can not be repaired under field conditions. The rest of the brigade was assigned to the German 295. Infanterie-Division.
References
References
This article uses a translation of the text of the Battle of Lypovets [cs] on the czech Wikipedia.
Literature
- MIČIANIK, P.: Slovenská armáda v ťažení proti Sovietskemu zväzu I. (1941–1944). V operácii Barbarossa. Banská Bystrica 2007.
- MIČIANIK, Pavel. Úteky Slovákov zo sovietskeho zajatia I. [online]. Historia nostra, 13.5.2007. Dostupné online (sk)
- MIČIANIK, Pavel. Slováci proti Molotovovej línii I. [online]. druhasvetova.sk, 1.12.2006. Dostupné online
- Plukovník generálneho štábu Rudolf Pilfousek. 27.3.2007. Dostupné online
- Slovenská armáda v boji o Lypovec