battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Lypovec
Battle of Lypovec was a battle fought in 1941 at Lypovets, in what is now Ukraine. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Lypovets. The recorded result: Slovak victory. Recorded strength: 5,000 soldiers; 43 tanks; 123 artillery pieces against 15,000 soldiers; unknown number of tanks and artillery pieces.
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Record
| Date | 1941 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Lypovets, Ukraine 49.216N, 29.056E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 5,000 soldiers; 43 tanks; 123 artillery pieces | 15,000 soldiers; unknown number of tanks and artillery pieces |
| Casualties and losses | 75 killed; 167 wounded; 2 POWs; 17 MIA; 5 tanks destroyed; 1 armored car destroyed; 7 tanks damaged; 2 armored car damaged | 600 killed; 1,000 wounded |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Dashav 1831, 36 km SE
- Battle of Batih 1652, 71 km S
- Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive 1943, 84 km NW
- Battle of Bila Tserkva (1626) 1626, 101 km NE
- Battle of Piatka 1593, 102 km NW
Elsewhere in 1941
- Operation Barbarossa Lithuania
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
- Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
- Battle of Crete Greece
Battle of Lypovec is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 321 in present-day Ukraine.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q11155766, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lypovec, revision 1375273261, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.