Khost Pocket

Khost Pocket
Part of the Middle East Campaign
ERUAC troops near Khost, 1942
Date 23 November - 24 December 1942 Location Pakistania, West Afghania Result Tactical Allied Victory Imperial Retreat to Indiae Midgardian forces taken out of the war 3/5ths of the forces trapped in the pocket surrender
Belligerents
Erebonian Empire Rubrum United Kingdom * Nihhon-koku Gallia-Bruhl Zanarkand New Akiba Basel-Ebel Free Bethausia	Empire of Quenmin Archadia-Archedes Rumania Ramuncia
Commanders and leaders
Archibald Sugiyama Tsukuyo Kushineda Alan MacDonald Friedrich O'Connelly Blaine Sanderson Kotamarou Furakawa Leslie Oliver James Tozawa Kurt Frediericks Brian Regnitz Magnus Craig Frederick Vander Elliot Testarossa Owen Ouellet Peter Ardur Rashia Zaw Sein Arkar Naing Thuta Maung Yarzar Htun Tun Yaza Sein Khine	Thạch Hung Sõn Chiến Kiều Dũng Quang Victor Sazabio Giovanni Filiberto Guiseppe Gavallero Enrico Ancelotti Vincenzo Casa Alberto Ricci Cristian Alexandrescu Catrina Dumitru Constantin Antonescu
Units involved
11th Army Group 2nd ERUIF FBAE	3rd Imperial Army Group 5th Army 2nd Army 1st Mechanized Corps
Strength
at least 27 divisions	at least 25-27 divisions

The Khost Pocket or Battle of the Khost Pocket (23 November - 24 December 1942) was a decisive engagement during the last stages of the Middle East Campaign of the Second Europan War. A pocket was formed around Khost, which trapped almost 75% of the Imperials forces in an encirclement by the Allies. The battle is also referred to as the Battle of the Khost Gap (after the corridor which the Imperials sought to maintain to allow their escape). The battle resulted in the destruction of nearly 3/5ths of the Imperial forces, which opened the way to Indiae and South Asianna for the Allied armies.