No encirclements ensued, and German forces halted the Soviet advance at the Mius River defenses. This was a stark comparison to the panicked situation within the Stalingrad and Korsun encirclements. This was one of the largest encirclements in military history. In doing so, the Red Army successfully defeated the first and second encirclements. That is, we consider clockwise encirclements to be positive and counterclockwise encirclements to be negative. The encirclements were reduced within a few days and the trapped German units completely destroyed.