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Red Christmas - The Tatsinskaya Airfield Raid 1942 (Paperback)
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Red Christmas - The Tatsinskaya Airfield Raid 1942 (Paperback)
Series: Raid
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Loot Price R483
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By December 1942, the Soviets had surrounded the German 6th Army in
Stalingrad, cutting off all lines of supply except through the air.
Seeking to sever this last German lifeline, Soviet Command decided
to launch a raid with the entire 24th Tank Corps to seize the
airfield at Tatsinskaya, the primary operating base for the German
airlift efforts. On 17 December, the 24th Tank Corps advanced
toward Tatsinskaya, seizing the airfield on Christmas Eve. The
Soviet tankers succeeded in destroying many Luftwaffe aircraft on
the ground, but afterwards found themselves isolated and out of
fuel behind the German lines. Generalfeldmarschall Erich von
Manstein rapidly organized a counterattack with elements of two
panzer divisions, crushing most of the raiding force between 26 and
28 December. Just before the raiding force was annihilated, it
received permission to abandon its heavy equipment and escape back
to Soviet lines on foot. Thus, the raiders accomplished their
mission of severely disrupting the airlift to Stalingrad, but at
the cost of an entire tank corps.
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