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Old March 25th, 2003, 01:25 AM
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No, Kai. I didn't ask anything about them. I have made several posts about the whole matter, starting with the myth of general Zhúkov at Stalingrad. He was not even near there. General Vasilievski was the one in charge of all the operations in the South.

Operation 'Mars' had the task of destroying general Model's IX Army in front of Moscow.

Operation 'Uranus' had the task of destroying general Paulus' VI Army at Stalingrad.

Operation 'Saturn' had the task of advancing towards Rostov, capturing it and encircle marshal Von Kleist's whole Army Group 'A' in the Caucasus.

After all those operations, Operation 'Jupiter' should come, using all the forces available and had the task of advancing to Smolijensk and destroying by a gigantic pincer movement marshal Von Kluge's Army Group 'Centre'.

Fortunately for the Germans, the Red Army did not have enough men, experience and resources available for that titanic operation. The only operation which succeeded was 'Uranus'. The German Armies II, IV Panzer and VI, the Romanian III and IV Armies, the Hungarian II Army ans the Italian VIII Army, all ceased to exist by spring 1943. Operation 'Mars' was repelled incredibly by general Model. Operation 'Saturn' became 'little Saturn' and tried to reach Rostov unsuccesfully, even if the tasks were redifined and made simpler and less ambitious. The only thing operation 'little Saturn' achieved was stopping marshal Von Manstein's operation 'Winter Storm'.
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