Army Group Don (German: Heeresgruppe Don) was a short-lived army group of the GermanArmy during World War II. It existed between November 1942 and February 1943 and was primarily concerned with the Battle of Stalingrad, which was concurrently fought.
Army Group Don was created from the headquarters of the Eleventh Army in the southern sector of the Eastern Front on 22 November 1942. Army Group Don only lasted until February 1943 when it was combined with Army Group B and was made into the new Army Group South.[2]
Zhukov stated, "We now know that Manstein's plan to rescue the encircled forces at Stalingrad was to organize two shock forces - at Kotelnikovo and Tormosin." The attempt "was a total failure."[4]
^ abWegner, Bernd (1990). "Der Krieg gegen die Sowjetunion 1942/43". In Boog, Horst; et al. (eds.). Der Globale Krieg: Die Ausweitung zum Weltkrieg und der Wechsel der Initiative. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg (in German). Vol. 6. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 761–1102. ISBN3421060983.
^Adam, Wilhelm; Ruhle, Otto (2015). With Paulus at Stalingrad. Translated by Tony Le Tissier. Pen and Sword Books Ltd. p. 113. ISBN9781473833869.
^Zhukov, Georgy (1974). Marshal of Victory, Volume II. Pen and Sword Books Ltd. p. 133,137. ISBN9781781592915.
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