The breakout plan remains conditional as fuel runs down
Army Group Don and Sixth Army staffs discussed a breakout toward the relief force while the latter stood on the Myshkova. Manstein’s concept required Sixth Army to strike southwest once the relief operation created a favourable moment, but the army still had orders to retain Stalingrad and could not simply evacuate the pocket on its own authority. Paulus and his staff reported that available fuel was insufficient for a prolonged movement of the whole army. Preparing a breakout also meant deciding what to do with thousands of wounded men, vehicles…
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