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By early September 1942 it was obvious the German attacks in the Caucasus had been spent, List was sacked and if the Germans did manage to capture any oil sites, they would be wrecked before capture.

So lets say Hitler same time as he sacked List on September 9th 1942, abandons any further offensives into the Caucasus, just holding existing ground and pulls divisions: SS Wiking, 13th Panzer, and the Slovak mobile division, and 1 other German infantry division out of Army group A and reinforces Army group B for its October 1942 Tractor factory attack into Stalingrad and if can't be deployed into Stalingrad because of supply or space issues or just after the city falls, deployed as a reserve behind the Romanians.

Can the Germans take Stalingrad AND/OR prevent its encirclement by the Soviets in November 1942.
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