Musi wa 16 Zvita, maSoviet akatanga Operation Little Saturn, iyo yakaedza kurova kuburikidza neAxis mauto (kunyanya maItaly) paDon uye kutora Rostov. MaGerman zvino akaisa "kudzivirirwa kwekufambisa" kwemauto madiki aifanira kubata maguta kusvikira zvombo zvekutsigira zvasvika. Kubva kuSoviet bridgehead paMamon, zvikamu gumi neshanu <unk> zvinotsigirwa nematanki zana <unk> zvakarwisa maItaly Cosseria neRavenna Divisions, uye kunyangwe ivo vaive vashoma 9 kusvika 1, maItaly pakutanga vakarwa zvakanaka, nemaGerman vachirumbidza hunhu hwevadziviriri veItaly, asi musi wa 19 Zvita, nemitsara yeItaly ichiparara, mahofisi makuru eARMIR akaraira zvikamu zvakakuvadzwa kuti zvidzoke kunotora mitsara mitsva. Kurwa kwakamanikidza kuongororwazve kwemamiriro ezvinhu eGerman. Izvi zvaive zvino kukumbira kuti maSoviet mauto arambe achidzivirira maguta madiki kusvikira zvombo zvekutsigira zvasvika.
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