Eastern FrontSOUTHERN SECTORAttacks by the 6th Army breaks the right wing of the 62nd Army and reaches the Don on a broad front near Malogolubaya. Gordov aims to counterattack with the 21st Army and the 1st and 4th Tank Armies to isolate the German spearhead. Lopatin asks permission to pull his embattled 62nd Army back but is refused. The 4th Panzer Army throws the 51st Army back along the road to Stalingrad. In the Caucasus, Stavropol falls to Kleist's panzers. Malinovsky's Don Group is pushed farther away from the Coastal Group as the German attack gains momentum. |
| [ August 2nd - August 4th] |