A ranar 16 ga Disamba, Soviets sun kaddamar da Operation Little Saturn, wanda ya yi ƙoƙari ya doke ta hanyar rundunar Axis (mafi yawa Italiya) a kan Don kuma ya dauki Rostov. 'Yan Jamus sun kafa "tsaron tsaro" na kananan ƙungiyoyi waɗanda za su riƙe garuruwa har sai da aka kai kayan ado. Daga Soviet bridgehead a Mamon, ƙungiyoyi 15 <unk> da akalla tankuna 100 suka goyi bayan <unk> sun kai hari ga Italiyanci Cosseria da Ravenna Divisions, kuma ko da yake sun fi yawa 9 zuwa 1, Italiya sun fara fada da kyau, tare da' yan Jamus suna yabon ingancin masu kare Italiyanci, amma a ranar 19 ga Disamba, tare da Italiyanci sun rushe, hedkwatar ARMIR ta umarci ƙungiyoyi masu rauni su janye don sabon.
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