It fought at Rostov, and then in the Battle of the Caucasus under the control of Army Group A.

The LVII Panzer Corps was tasked with leading Operation Winter Thunderstorm from the southwest towards Stalingrad.

The LVII Panzer Corps initially fought for the town of Pokhleblin from December 3-4, 1942 to establish a base for the attack towards Stalingrad.

The LVII Panzer Corps exploited to Myshkova on December 20 where new Soviet forces stopped the attack forcing the LVII Panzer Corps to defend its positions.

It retreated over the Romanian border before being attached to the 3rd Hungarian Army and transferred to the south of Hungary.