Operation Winter Storm was a German offensive in December 1942 during World War II, in which the German 4th Panzer Army failed to break the Soviet encirclement of the German 6th Army during the Battle
A German Tiger tank and knocked-out Soviet T-34 tank during the fighting in the southern Soviet Union.
Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, commander of Army Group Don at the time of the battle
A battalion of Tiger I tanks was deployed to Army Group Don to strengthen the German drive to Stalingrad.
German Panzer III in the Southern Soviet Union in December 1942
Army Group Don was a short-lived army group of the German Army during World War II. It existed between November 1942 and February 1943 and was primarily concerned with the Battle of Stalingrad, which
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 H01758, Erich v. Manstein