Eastern FrontSOUTHERN SECTORThe LI Corps and the XLVIII Panzer Corps push into the Pitomnik area but find the bulk of the 62nd and 64th Armies has pulled out. German pressure at Stalingrad forces the 62nd and 64th Armies back closer to the city. Paulus has acted too slowly to trap the Soviet forces on the steppe. In the Caucasus, the 17th Army enters the northern suburbs of Novorossiysk but is involved in bitter street fighting with the 47th Army. Ott's LII Corps crossed the Terek in force as it advances upon Grozny, supporting the III Panzer Corps. A substantial bridgehead is secured, threatening Maslennikov's left flank. |
| [ September 1st - September 3rd] |