Battle of Lypovec
The Battle of Lypovec was an armed clash fought between the Slovak Mobile Brigade (Slovenská rýchla brigáda) and troops of the Red Army on 22 July 1941 in the set of Operation Barbarossa. It was the first battle of Slovakia with the Red Army.
| Battle of Lypovec | |||||||
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| Part of Operation Barbarossa of World War II | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Slovakia | Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Rudolf Pilfousek | Semyon Tkachenko | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Mobile Brigade | 44th Rifle Division | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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≈5,000 soldiers 43 tanks 123 artillery pieces |
≈15 000 soldiers unknown number of tanks and artillery pieces | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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75 killed 167 wounded 2 POWs 17 MIA 5 tanks destroyed 1 armored car destroyed 7 tanks damaged 2 armored car damaged | approximately 600 dead or wounded | ||||||
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