Stalingrad 7/10 Operation Uranus - The Red Army Is the Strongest

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defend against any relief attempt. On November 21, 1942, Adolf Hitler appointed von Manstein commander of the newly-created Army Group Don, and ordered him to lead Operation Wintergewitter (Winter Storm), the rescue effort by Hermann Hoth's 4th Panzer Army and auxiliary Romanian troops to relieve the 6th Army of Friedrich Paulus trapped inside Stalingrad. Wintergewitter, launched on December 12, achieved some initial success and von Manstein got his three panzer divisions and supporting ...