Battle of Petrikowka

Battle of Petrikowka
Part of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front of World War II

Italian CCNN troops during Operation Barbarossa.
Date27–30 September 1941
Location
Petrykivka, Ukraine
Result Italian victory
Belligerents
 Italy  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Fascist Italy Giovanni Messe Soviet Union Ivan Galanin
Units involved

3rd Fast Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta"

9th Auto-transportable Infantry Division "Pasubio"

52nd Auto-transportable Infantry Division "Torino"
Soviet 47th Tank Division
Strength
3 divisions 5 division
Casualties and losses
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.