2 August 1942
Sixth Army’s advance on Stalingrad is making no progress, partly as the result of stiff opposition, but mainly because of lack of supplies. In some places the Russians are actually attacking. South of the Don, Fourth Panzer Army has wheeled north-eastwards, where it encountered no enemy at all. The Russians are flinging troops into the Stalingrad area from every point of the compass. VIII Air Corps has been detailed to support Sixth Army, to bomb railway traffic and shipping on the Volga and to transport supplies for Sixth Army…
General Freiherr v. Richthofen
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