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...Russians also took strategic cities (Abganerovo and Kalach, on the Don) and-most important of all-cut both railroad lines used by the Germans to supply their army at Stalingrad. The ends of two Russian spearheads were less than 50 miles apart. If Marshal Timoshenko drew them together, the entire German siege force at Stalingrad might be trapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Turn on the Don | 11/30/1942 | See Source »

Battle Indices. In July's last week the Germans counted 482 Russian tanks destroyed in the Kalach sector, index of the Don loop battle's fierceness. In the month's last ten days they counted 815 Soviet aircraft destroyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: 7 Leagues, 7 Leagues Onward | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

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