December 1942

Eastern Front

Paulus is brought under sustained attack as the Don and Stalingrad Fronts probe the German defenses.

Lucht's 336th Infantry Division takes up defensive positions along the Chir north of Balck's 11th Panzer Division which is at Nizhne Chirskaya. Knobelsdorf intends to operate in tandem with Hoth's relief attack from Kotelnikovo.