January 1943

Eastern Front

Fighting on the Chir Front sees the Soviets recapture Chernyakovsky after a bloody battle.

Malgobek and Mozdok are given up by the 1st Panzer Army as it falls back to the Kuma River. The 58th and 9th Armies occupy the abandoned towns. Nalchik falls to the 37th Army.

The Soviet Command schedules Operation KOLTSO, the reduction of the 6th Army, to begin on January 10.