August 1942

Eastern Front

The Soviets launch a new attack from the Kremensk bridgehead in an effort to pin the flank of the 6th Army and prevent the transfer of troops for the assault upon Stalingrad. Garibaldi's 8th Italian Army has deployed here, releasing German forces. The Soviet attack succeeds in forcin the Italians back but fail to prevent the 6th Army offensive. The 4th Panzer Army begins its attack from Abganerovo with Kempf's XLVIII Panzer Corps. Committing the 24th and 14th Panzer and 29th Motorized Divisions, the Germans run into strong Soviet defenses, many tanks being lost in minefields at Tundutovo. The 3 infantry divisions of Schwedler's IV Corps (94th, 371st, 297th) are also bogged down in heavy fighting with the 64th Army and fail to push away from their start lines, being strung out on a line from Tinguta to Abganerovo.

With heavy fighting at the gates of Stalingrad, in the Caucasus the 17th Army presses closer to Novorossysk, Krymsk falls after a bitter struggle as the Soviet defenses crumble.