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Eastern Front #64 The Don bridgeheads
Last time we spoke about the securing of Maykop. In mid-August 1942, the Eastern Front churned with brutal momentum. At Stalingrad, Paulus's forces closed a ring around the Soviet 62nd Army even as Soviet command scrambled to reorganize. In the Caucasus, German armor pushed toward key objectives while SS Einsatzgruppe D carried out mass atrocities in its wake. Near Rzhev, Zhukov launched an offensive threatening the German 9th Army, but poor Soviet coordination robbed it of a decisive blow. Everywhere, Axis troops seized ground but strained against thin supply lines and stiffening resistance…
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