 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chikamu ichi chakagadziridzwa musi wa25 Zvita kubva ku468th Rifle Division, yakamira paFrolovo muStalingrad Military District. 468th yakanga yaumbwa ipapo pana 14 December. Kurongeka kwaro kukuru kwehondo kwakanga kwakafanana nokwokuumbwa kwokutanga. Chikamu chakaramba chiri pedyo neStalingrad, chichipedzisa kuumbwa kwayo, kusvika munaKurume 1942, payakava chikamu cheReserve yeVakuru vepamusoro-soro RVGK 28th Army munzvimbo imwechete. Mwedzi mumwe gare gare, 277th yakaendeswa mberi sechikamu cheSouthwestern Fronts 38th Army. Pashure pokukundwa kweSoviet muHondo yechipiri yeKharkov muna May uye kutanga kweCase Blue, kurwisa kweGerman kwezhizha, muna Chikumi, 38th Mauto akaputswa semhedzisiro yekurasikirwa uye 277th yakapihwa ku21st Mauto. Pakupera kwaNyamavhuvhu divi, rakapedzwa nemwedzi yapfuura yekurwisana nekufambira mberi kweGerman, rakabviswa kuRVGKs 10th Reserve Army. Muna Gumiguru boka racho rakadzokera ku21st Army, uko kwakarwa muOperation Uranus, iyo yakakomberedza mauto eGermany muStalingrad, munaNovember. Muna January 1943, boka racho rakarwa muOperation Ring, iro rakaparadza homwe yacho. 