Kurzbeschreibung:

The March operation of the Red Armys 38A assumed encirclement and destruction of the German group in the ChuguevAndreevka area, southeast of Kharkov. It was intended to deliver two converging concentric strikes for this purpose: 38A from the north in the direction of Rogan and Chuguev, and from the south (with the forces of 6A) in the Andreevka area in the general direction to Chuguev. At the beginning of March, the operation developed quite successfully, the 38A units crossed the r.Severskiy Donets on a broad front. Liberated Staryy Saltov, Verkhniy Saltov, Rubezhnoe, Pisarevka, Petrovskoe, Bayrak. Reached river Babka in multiple locations. The e