Table of Contents
List of Maps vii
List of Illustrations viii
Acknowledgements x
Translator's Introduction xi
Preface xii
Part I The Art of Sowing the Whirlwind 1
Chapter 1 Thermite Rain 2
Chapter 2 Heat. 'The Cauldron' 36
Chapter 3 The Results of the Tank Battle in the Great Bend of the Don 44
Chapter 4 The Elimination of the Sirotinskaya Bridgehead 47
Chapter 5 Reinforced Defence I. Abganerovo 51
Chapter 6 Serafimovich. The Foundation of Future Success 61
Chapter 7 The Formation of the 'Northern Covering Detachment' 66
Chapter 8 Reinforced Defence II. Beketovka 84
Chapter 9 Conclusions to Part I 88
Part II The Verdun of the Steppes 91
Chapter 10 The Battle for the Semaphore. The Beginning 92
Chapter 11 A City Under Siege 96
Chapter 12 The First Assault on the City. 14-26 September 1942. The Beginning 98
Chapter 13 The First Assault on the City. 14-26 September 1942. The Centre 109
Chapter 14 The First Assault on the City. 13-26 September 1942. To the South of the Tsaritsa River 134
Chapter 15 The Battle for the Semaphore II. The Counterblow of 18-19 September 1942 142
Chapter 16 The Second Assault on the City. 27 September-7 October 1942 159
Chapter 17 The Third Assault on the City. 14-19 October 178
Chapter 18 The Fighting for the 'Red October' Factory 199
Chapter 19 The Landing in the Latashanka Area 208
Chapter 20 The Last Inch. November 1942 213
Chapter 21 Conclusions to Part II 220
Part III Hot Snow 225
Chapter 22 The Father of the Gods: Uranus 226
Chapter 23 The Tank Army. The First Success 242
Chapter 24 Mechanized Pincers 255
Chapter 25 The Failure of Winter Storm 261
Chapter 26 The Hydraulic Press. Operation Ring 277
Chapter 27 Conclusions to Part III 294
Conclusions 298
Notes 301
Bibliography 318
