Although Soviet intelligence made honest efforts to collect as much information as possible on the disposition of the Axis forces arrayed in front of them, there was not much information on the state of the German Sixth Army.
Selv om den sovjetiske efterretningstjeneste gjorde ærlige forsøg på at indsamle så meget information som muligt om aksestyrkernes placering, var der ikke mange oplysninger om 6. armés tilstand.