From 'Tank War' by Janusz Piekalkiewicz Quote: |
On Wednesday 16th December 1942, Golikov's Soviet Voronezh Front (Kuznetsov's First Guards Army, Lelyushenko's Third Guards Army and Kharitonov's Sixth Army) went on the offensive against Gariboldi's Italian Eighth Army. By that same evening the Italian units were being overrun and wiped out. After a 144-mile drive, Soviet forces were now threatening the rear of the entire southern wing of the German army at the Chir river. Within a few days they had defeated not only part of the Italian Eighth Army, but also the Hollidt Group and the Rumanian Third Army.
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