Although the LVII Panzer Corps was reluctantly released to Army Group Don, by Army Group A, the 17th Panzer Division was ordered back to its original area of concentration, and did not prepare to go back to Army Group Don until 10 days after it had been asked for.
Iako je LVII tenkovski korpus preko svoje volje predan iz Armijske grupe "A" u "Don", 17. tenkovska divizija je dobila naređenje da se vrati u svoje prijašnje područje i nije bila spremna za prelazak u Armijsku grupu "Don" sve do 10 dana nakon što joj je zapovjeđeno.