Battle of Nikolayevka

Battle of Nikolayevka
	Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
	; Alpini route toward Nikolaievka, from the Don river
Date	January 13–26, 1943 (including prelude)
Location	Nikolayevka, Belgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Result	Axis breakout with heavy losses
Belligerents
Italy; Germany; Hungary	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Giulio Martinat †; Luigi Reverberi	Nikolai Makovchuk
Strength
57,000	6,000 infantry (plus Soviet partisans)
Casualties and losses
34,170 killed and 9,400 wounded	1,000 dead and wounded

The Battle of Nikolayevka was the breakout of Italian forces in January 1943. The breakout involved the Alpine Army Corps of the Italian 8th Army near the village of Nikolayevka (now Livenka, Belgorod Oblast, in Russia).

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