Winter Storm: The Battle For Stalingrad And The... Site

: Launched on December 12, 1942, the operation was a relief effort led by Field Marshal Erich von Manstein . The goal was to punch a corridor through Soviet lines to deliver supplies and allow the 6th Army to eventually break out.

: The Soviets launch Operation Little Saturn , crushing the Italian 8th Army on the German flank and threatening the rear of the relief force. Winter Storm: The Battle for Stalingrad and the...

: With the 6th Army unable or forbidden to break out from within, and Soviet pressure mounting, Manstein is forced to call off the assault. : Launched on December 12, 1942, the operation

: The primary strike force was the 4th Panzer Army , spearheaded by the 6th and 23rd Panzer Divisions. Timeline of the Offensive : With the 6th Army unable or forbidden

: The offensive begins from the Kotelnikovo area. German panzers make rapid early gains, advancing roughly 18 miles in the first day.

: Progress slows as Soviet resistance stiffens near the Aksay and Myshkova rivers.