Operation Winter Storm

December 12–23, 1942 · Volgograd

Result Soviet victory

Erich von Manstein's German troops tried to break through to the 6th Army trapped at Stalingrad. Soviet forces stopped the attack, and the 6th Army surrendered in February 1943.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Axis

Soviet Union

Germany

Kingdom of Romania

Italy

Rodion Malinovsky military commander

Aleksandr Vasilevsky military commander

Andrey Yeryomenko military commander

Erich von Manstein military commander

Italo Gariboldi military commander

Petre Dumitrescu military commander

Hermann Hoth military commander

Karl-Adolf Hollidt military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 115,000
Tanks: 329
Aircraft: 220
Guns: 1,133

Strength: 124,000
Casualties: 15,751
Killed: 3,700
Wounded: 10,874
Missing: 1,086
Tanks: 211
Aircraft: 500
Guns: 852

Units

3rd Guards Army 126th Rifle Division 302nd Rifle Division 315th Rifle Division 33rd Guards Rifle Division 387th Rifle Division 61st Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) 81st Cavalry Division 98th Rifle Division

17th Panzer Division 23rd Panzer Division 7th Luftwaffe Field Division