Enemy at the Gates by William Craig

Author:William Craig [Craig, William]
Language: swe
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

From the suburbs of Kotelnikovo, the white-painted tanks and trucks of the 6th Panzer Division fanned out to the northeast and, at 5:15 A.M. on December 12, raced for Stalingrad. Operation Winter Storm, the attempt to break through to Sixth Army, had begun. "Show it to them; give it to them, boys," cheered tank expert Colonel Hunersdorff from his command vehicle. Watching the tanks' treads churn the snow, he waved his men toward the Kessel, seventy-three miles away.

Surprisingly, the Russian resistance was negligible. Bewildered by Manstein's accelerated timetable, their rear guards fell back after offering only token fire. The worst problem facing the Germans was the ice that covered the roads and prevented the panzers from getting ample traction.

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