Battle of Nikolayevka

Battle of Nikolayevka
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II

Alpini route toward Nikolaievka, from the Don river
DateJanuary 26, 1943
Location
Nikolayevka, Belgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Result Axis breakout
Belligerents
 Italy
 Germany
 Hungary		 Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Giulio Martinat †
Luigi Reverberi		 Nikolai Makovchuk
Strength
8,000-9000 troops of the Tridentina Alpine division 6,000 infantry (plus Soviet partisans)
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed, wounded and captured 2,000 dead and wounded

The Battle of Nikolayevka occurred on 26 January 1943 when the Tridentina division (part of the Alpine corps, within the Italian 8th Army) broke out of the Soviet encirclement, near the village of Nikolayevka (now Livenka, Belgorod Oblast, in Russia). This allowed the Italian survivors of the Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive, which caused huge losses to the Alpini, to complete their retreat to safety.

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