1223_01: The Bear Strikes Back - PzC 15 Stalingrad '42

Myshkova River, 100kms S of Stalingrad, Dec 24th 1942: The German Operation "Winter Storm" had ground to a halt along the Myshkova River. Field Marshall von Manstein had to reconsider his whole position as the threat to the left flank of Army Group Don had developed from Operation "Little Saturn". On the evening of Dec 23rd, the order went out for the battered panzer divisions to pull back in turn, 6th Pz being the first. Meanwhile, the Soviet High Command planned a frontal attack with the 2nd Guards Army to destroy the enemy formations between the Myshkova and Aksay rivers. While this was happening, on the evening of Dec 24th, mechanized formations would go for the Rumanian units covering the flank of LVII Pz Korps. A further, deep, outflanking movement was to be launched to carry the Soviets to the Sal River. [Size, large]