 Hoth's Panzer Divisions outflanked the Soviets on 29 August, who fell back on Stalingrad.On 30 August Richthofen, believing the fall of Stalingrad to be imminent, ordered fresh terror attacks on the city to break the Soviet will to resist.That day and the next, "Fliegerkorps VIII" launched full-scale bombing operations against the city, also attacking Soviet airfields east of the Volga to maintain German air superiority.