What position did the person who named the 1st Battle of Kharkov hold during World War II?
First Battle of Kharkov The 1st Battle of Kharkov, so named by Wilhelm Keitel, was the 1941 tactical battle for the city of Kharkov (now "Kharkiv") (Ukrainian SSR) during the final phase of Operation "Barbarossa" between the German 6th Army of Army Group South and the Soviet Southwestern Front. The Soviet 38th Army was ordered to defend the city while its factories were dismantled for relocation farther east.
Terentiy Parafilo Terentiy Mikhaylovich Parafilo (Russian: Тере́нтий Михай́лович Парафи́ло ; 28 October 1901 –24 June 1943 24 1943(1943--) (aged (1943)-(1901)-((06)<(10)or(06)==(10)and(24)<(28)) ) was a Soviet military leader. Parafilo is primarily remembered for his service during World War II, in which he first participated as commander of a Naval Infantry brigade attached to the Baltic Sea Fleet during Nazi Germany's incursion into the Baltics, then as a major general commanding the shore-based 7th Airborne Guards Division of the Soviet Army.