"This volume, a sequel to Operation Don's Main Attack, examines in detail the Trans-Caucasus Front's role and experiences in Operation Don, a Stavka (Soviet high command)-planned strategic offensive conducted simultaneously with Operation Ring (Kol'tso), the Don Front's offensive designed to destroy the German Sixth Army encircled in the Stalingrad region. Together with Operation Ring, Operation Don's aim was to collapse German defenses in the southern Soviet Union and turn the tide of war decisively in favor of the Soviet Union and its Red Army"-- Provided by publisher.

The situation in mid-November 1942 -- Opposing forces -- The Trans-Caucasus Front's planning and operations in November and December 1942 -- The Stavka's and Trans-Caucasus Front's offensive planning, 29 December 1942-2 January 1943 -- The Northern Group of Forces' pursuit of First Panzer Army to Armavir, 1-23 January 1943 -- The Krasnodar axis: the Black Sea Group of Forces' Operations "Sea" and "Mountains", 1 January-2 February 1943 -- The North Caucasus Front's pursuit of First Panzer Army to Tikhoretsk and the Panzer Army's escape, 24 January-2 February 1943.