 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo yeStalingrad yakanga iri imwe nhambo yakaoma muupenyu hwaVasilevsky. Akatumirwa naZhukov kuStalingrad Front, akaedza kuronga kudzivirira kweStalingrad nehurukuro dzeredhiyo dzinoshanda nguva nenguva, zvakanakisisa. Musi waSeptember 12, 1942, panguva yemusangano naStalin, Vasilevsky naZhukov vakapa hurongwa hwavo hwekurwisa Stalingrad mushure mekuronga kwehusiku hwese. Mwedzi miviri gare gare, pana November 19, neStalingrad ichiri isina kukundwa, Operation Uranus yakatangwa. Sezvo Zhukov akanga atumirwa pedyo neRzhev kuti aite Operation MarsRzhev counter-offensive, Vasilevsky akaramba ari pedyo neStalingrad kuti aongorore kurwiswa kwepini-pini iyo pakupedzisira yakatungamirira kukundwa kweGermany nekuparadzwa kwemauto akabatwa mumudziyo, zvose semugumisiro wehurongwa hwaakanga ataura kuna Stalin musi waDecember 9. Urongwa uhwu hwakakonzera gakava pakati paVasilevsky naRokossovsky, vaida uto rekuwedzera rekubvisa Stalingrad, iro Rokossovsky akaramba achitaura kuna Vasilevsky kunyangwe makore mushure mehondo. Mauto aya aiva aRodion Malinovskys 2nd Guards ayo Vasilevsky akaita pakurwisana nechiGermany chakanga chatanga kurwisa kubva kuKotelnikovo nechi57th Panzer corps iyo yakanga yakagadzirirwa kusunungura Stalingrad. 