Battle of Petrikowka
| Battle of Petrikowka | |||||||
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| Part of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
Italian CCNN troops during Operation Barbarossa. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Italy | Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Giovanni Messe | Ivan Galanin | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Soviet 47th Tank Division | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3 divisions | 5 division | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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87 killed 190 wounded 14 missing |
Unspecified killed 10,000 prisoners | ||||||
The Battle of Petrikowka (present-day Petrykivka, Ukraine) took place between 27 and 30 September 1941, during World War II. Fought between Italian and Soviet forces, it was the first significant engagement involving the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia.