German relief attempt toward Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm)

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German offensive World War II battle military operation

The German relief attempt toward Stalingrad, known as Operation Winter Storm, was a December 1942 offensive by Field Marshal Erich von Manstein’s forces aimed at breaking the Soviet encirclement of the German Sixth Army, which ultimately failed and contributed to the decisive Axis defeat at Stalingrad.

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Label	Occurrences
German relief attempt toward Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm) canonical	1
Relief attempt for Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German offensive ⓘ World War II battle ⓘ military operation ⓘ
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ
commandedUnit	Army Group Don ⓘ
commander	Aleksei Yeremenko ⓘ Andrey Yeremenko ⓘ Erich von Manstein ⓘ Fyodor Tolbukhin ⓘ Hermann Hoth ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
consequence	continued encirclement of the German Sixth Army ⓘ contributed to Axis defeat at Stalingrad ⓘ strengthened Soviet strategic position on the Eastern Front ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
distanceFromStalingradPocketAtClosestPoint	approximately 50 kilometers ⓘ
endDate	1942-12-23 ⓘ
hasAlias	German relief attempt toward Stalingrad ⓘ Unternehmen Wintergewitter ⓘ
involvedUnit	17th Panzer Division ⓘ 23rd Panzer Division ⓘ German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ surface form: 4th Panzer Army 6th Panzer Division ⓘ LVII Panzer Corps ⓘ Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet 2nd Guards Army Soviet 51st Army ⓘ Soviet 5th Shock Army ⓘ
location	Eurasian Steppe ⓘ surface form: Kalmyk steppe Southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ area south of Stalingrad ⓘ near Stalingrad ⓘ
objective	break Soviet encirclement of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad ⓘ establish a land corridor to the Stalingrad pocket ⓘ
opposedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
orderedBy	Adolf Hitler ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
reasonForFailure	Operation Little Saturn ⓘ surface form: Soviet counteroffensive Operation Little Saturn insufficient German forces ⓘ strong Soviet resistance ⓘ
relatedOperation	Operation Little Saturn ⓘ Operation Ring ⓘ Operation Uranus ⓘ
result	German failure ⓘ Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate	1942-12-12 ⓘ
strategicContext	attempt to stabilize German southern front after Soviet counteroffensives in late 1942 ⓘ
supportedBy	Luftwaffe air supply effort to Stalingrad pocket ⓘ
theater	Eastern Front ⓘ
year	1942 ⓘ

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Operation Little Saturn → modificationReason → German relief attempt toward Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm) ⓘ

6th Panzer Division → participatedIn → German relief attempt toward Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Relief attempt for Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm)