Main operations on the eastern front : to meet the ever more extensive frontage on the river don will be engaged units of the allied countries , while german troops were concentrated between orel and don and to stalingrad , maintaining german troops behind the don front as reserves for the attack .

主要目的是在东线：在顿河宽阔的正面战场上和轴心国其他部队取得联系，德军则从奥廖尔和顿河展开进攻，直扑斯大林格勒，意大利部队跟随德军作为预备队投入进攻。