Although by December the Luftwaffe had assembled a fleet of around 500 aircraft, this was still insufficient to supply the Sixth Army and elements of the Fourth Panzer Army with the required supplies.
Iako je do prosinca Luftwaffe pojačan s flotom od oko 500 zrakoplova, taj broj je i dalje bio nedovoljan da kvalitetno opskrbi Šestu armiju i dijelove Četvrte tenkovske armije s potrebnim zalihama.