Red Christmas - The Tatsinskaya Airfield Raid 1942

IN MID-DECEMBER 1942, THE SOVIETS HAD SURROUNDED THE GERMAN 6TH ARMY IN STALINGRAD, BUT THE WEHRMACHT WAS ENGAGED IN A DESPERATE RELIEF EFFORT WITH OPERATION WINTER STORM AND AN AIRLIFT. AS PART OF THE EFFORT TO DEFEAT THE AIRLIFT, THE SOVIET STAVKA DECIDED TO LAUNCH A DEEP RAID WITH THE ENTIRE 24TH TANK CORPS TO SEIZE THE AIRFIELD AT TATSINSKAYA, THE PRIMARY OPERATING BASE FOR THE GERMAN AIRLIFT.