Eastern FrontSOUTHERN SECTORThe 1st Guards Army attacks southwest of Krasny Liman, crossing the Krasnaya to close in around the town. Group Popov moves up between 6th and 1st Guards Armies. For XIV Panzer, LI and VIII Corps the battle of Stalingrad ends as they are overrun by the 21st and 62nd Shock Armies. Among the prisoners is Gen Seydlitz-Kurzbach. Paulus' army is reduced to IV Corps around his own headquarters and the XI Corps in the factory district. Tikhoretsk falls to the 9th Army while the Maikop oilfields are cleared by the 12th, 18th and 46th Armies. The 17th Army has now lost contact with the main German line. |
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