The Corps undertook the raid on Tatsinskaya during Operation Little Saturn, from 16 to 28 December 1942. It had to pull out of threatened encirclement under cover of darkness.
During Operation Little Saturn, which took place from 16 to 28 December 1942, the Corps conducted an assault on Tatsinskaya. They were forced to retreat from a situation where they faced being surrounded and had to do so in the dark.