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.
Kuzma Sinilov Kuzma Romanovich Sinilov (Russian: Кузьма Романович Синилов ; May 14, 1902 – December 27, 1957) was a Soviet Lieutenant general. He served as the military commandant of Moscow between 1941 and 1953.