With the rest of the Eastern Front battles almost entirely focused on Stalingrad and the Germans' attempts to advance to the Caucasus, the 16th Army was not called up to action until February 1943.
Kako se ostatak bitaka na Istočnom bojištu uglavnom usredotočio na Staljingrad i njemačke pokušaje napredovanja prema Kavkazu, 16. armija nije bila pozvana na djelovanje do veljače 1943.