1120_22: A Day in the Lake Country_Alt - PzC 15 Stalingrad '42

Tsatsa, 50 km S of Stalingrad, Nov 20th 1942: On the morning of the second day of the Uranus Offensive, the Stalingrad Front, commanded by Gen Col Yeremenko, joined the battle. In the vicinity of Tsatsa, between two large lakes, elements of the 15th Guards Rifle Division, supported by independent tank and motorized brigades from 51st Army, faced the Rumanian 18th Infantry Division. This battle was a side show, designed more to tie down the Axis troops and attempt to pin this infantry division in a pocket against the bulge in the line formed by the 57th Army in Krasnoarmeysk. [Size, small]