List of Tables and Illustrations
Preface
Selected Abbreviations
Part I. Defeating German Relief Attempts, 1–19 December 1942
1. Competing German and Soviet Dilemmas
2. the Southwestern Front’s Battles along the Krivia and Chir Rivers, 1–15 December
3. The Stalingrad Front’s Defense against Operation Wintergewitter (Winter Tempest), 1–19 December
4. The Don and Stalingrad Fronts’ Battle for the Stalingrad Pocket, 1–15 December
Part II. The Expanding Soviet Offensive, 16–31 December 1942
5. Operation Little Saturn and the Tormosin Offensive, 16–31 December
6. The End of Wintergewitter and Donnerschlag and the Stalingrad Front’s Kotel’nikovo Offensive, 16–31 December
7. The Stalingrad Pocket, 16–31 December
Part III. Operation Ring: The Destruction of Sixth Army, 1 January–2February 1943
8. Sixth Army’s Situation, Preliminaries, and the Don Front’s Plan, 1–9 January
9. Destruction: The First Stage, 10–17 January
10. Destruction: The Second Stage, 18–25 January
11. Destruction: The Finale, 26 January–2 February
12. Context, Conclusions, and Summary Judgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index