September 1942

Eastern Front

The 1st Guards Army launches more attacks but again suffers heavy casualties with no real gain. Attacks by the 66th and 24th Armies are beaten back. Concentrated and well directed artillery fire smashes the 66th Army on its start line, while the 24th is pushed back by a combination of artillery ans small arms fire. Both armies try to provice support on the flanks of the 1st Guards but fail miserably. They are successful, however, in preventing the release of German forces into Stalingrad from the north.