Àkọlé: Ni 07:20 Moscow akoko on 19 November, Soviet ologun lori ariwa apa ti awọn Axis ologun ni Stalingrad bẹrẹ wọn ibalopọ; ologun ni guusu bẹrẹ on 20 November. Biotilejepe Romanian awọn ẹya wà ni anfani lati repel awọn akọkọ ikọlu, nipa opin ti 20 November awọn Kẹta ati Kẹrin Romanian ogun wà ni headlong retreat, bi awọn Red Army bypassed orisirisi German infantry ẹka. German mobile reserves won ko lagbara to parry awọn Soviet mechanized spearheads, nigba ti awọn kẹfa Army ko dahun ni kiakia to tabi decisively to disengage German armored ologun ni Stalingrad ki o si reorient wọn lati ṣẹgun awọn imminent irokeke. nipa pẹ 22 November Soviet ologun so pọ ni ilu ti Kalach, surrounding diẹ 290,000 ọkunrin ni ila-oorun ti awọn Don River. dipo ti igbiyanju lati ya jade ti awọn ara ilu German encirclement, olori Axis Adolf Hitler pinnu lati tọju wọn ninu ogun, bi awọn Red Army bypassed orisirisi ara ilu German.
oṣù november