Manstein FAILS to get to Paulus | Battlestorm Stalingrad E45

Operation Winter Storm FAILS as Manstein can't go beyond the Myshkova River. He cannot get to Stalingrad, and Paulus is left without any options, other than to hold on.

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Me, seeing the thumbnail "Manstein FAILS to get to Paulus": "Aw darn, and I was so sure they were going to make it to Paulus this time!"

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Manstein to Paulus "The chair is against the wall...John has a large mustache..."

Paulus is like WTF?

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[sorsocksfake]

I think the problem with the two operations may be that they evolved over time as circumstances changed. Originally thunderstorm was to roll over the weak outer line like, well, a thunderstorm, and then a lightning strike to pierce the inner line and re-establish contact.

As Manstein bogs down, he changes plans, asking Paulus to do the piercing strike and meet him halfway. Paulus says he can't go that far, and needs almost a week to prepare, at best.

Then as Saturn becomes clear, Manstein recognzes he can't reach Paulus in this operation, and he can't wait a week while the Soviets 'get to Rostov'. So another change of plans, probably alike this:
1) Make a line at the Myshkova, where the immobile units can rest for the next attack.
2) Deal with Saturn
3) Return and do another major offensive towards Stalingrad (Wintergewitter 2.0)
4) Once close enough, pierce the encirclement as planned (Donnerschlag 2.0)

Of course, that would never happen. The rest is hindsight memory, where Manstein got to write the histories, Hitler did everything wrong, and OKH, logistics and the intelligence services don't tend to get focused on.