Order of the Day to the Don Front, February 2, 1943

Order of the Day to the Don Front

February 2, 1943

To the representative of the H.Q. of the Supreme Command, Marshal of Artillery Voronov, to the Commander of the troops of the Don Front, Col.-Gen. Rokossovsky.

I congratulate you and the troops of the Don Front on the successful completion of the annihilation of the enemy forces surrounded at Stalingrad. I thank all the Red Army men, commanders and political workers of the Don Front for their excellent fighting operations.

Kremlin, Moscow
February 2, 1943

J. Stalin
Supreme Commander-in-Chief

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