Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942 Book

	List of Maps and Illustrations
	Introduction	1
1	Prelude	5
	To Stalingrad: The Wehrmacht and Operation Blau	5
	Halting the German Juggernaut: Not a Step Back	8
	Thunder in the North	10
	Counteroffensive of the Gods: The Genesis of Operations Mars, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter	12
	On the Eve	45
2	The Red God of War Unleashed	77
	Storm along the Vazuza River	77
	The Belyi Deep Thrust	110
	The Advance up the Luchesa Valley	139
	The Assault across the Molodoi Tud River	150
3	The Red God of War Contained	175
	The Sychevka Meat Grinder	178
	Formation of the Belyi Pocket	191
	Stalemate in the Luchesa Valley	208
	The Struggle for Urdom	218
4	Frustration, Fury, and Defeat	223
	The Encirclement and Destruction of the Belyi Pocket	231
	Reinforcing Failure along the Vazuza River	252
	Exhaustion in the North	266
	Defeat in the Luchesa River Valley	274
	Taking Stock	279
5	Epilogue	285
	The Eclipse of Mars and the Demise of Jupiter	285
	The Achievements of Uranus and Transformation of Saturn	309
	The Reputations of Gods and Men	314
	Appendices
	From the Archives: Selective Orders and Directives from Operation Mars	325
	Red Army Command Personnel in Operation Mars	345
	Orders of Battle	351
	Comparative Data on Operations	373
	Postscript on Losses	379
	Notes	381
	Selective Bibliography	405
	Index	409