Almost all Regimental histories were stored in one location and were destroyed in allied bombing raids. Regimental reports are the best source for battalion, company and small unit level information.
The 24th Panzer and 79 Infantry Division appears to have the most information from that time.
About 5-10% of the 6th Army diaries are missing or were destroyed during the battle.
Here is a good example, the 100 Jäger Division. Note all the missing information from 1942.
http://fireonthevolga.com/100_Jager-Division.pdf
There is surviving information from the 71. Infantry Division and its three subordinate regiments including modern Divisional books and German and Russian personal memoirs.
Die 71. Infanterie-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939 - 1945. Gefechts- und Erlebnisberichte aus den Kämpfen der "Glückhaften Division" von Verdun bis Stalingrad, von Monte Cassino bis zum Plattensee. - Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Das Kleeblatt" (Hrsg.), Hildesheim 1973
Die 71. Infanterie-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939 - 1945 - Fotos, Karten und Texte von den Kämpfen einer niedersächsischen Infanterie-Division "Die Glückhafte" - Zusammengestellt von Hans Nölke, Druckhaus Pinkvoß, Hannover 1984
Kriegsgliederungen der 6. Armee RH 20-6
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