Operation Saturn , revised Change as Operation Little Saturn , was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front of World War II that led to Causation battles in the North Caucasus and Donets Basin regions of the Soviet Union from December 1942 to February 1943 .

Operation Saturn , revised Change as Operation Little Saturn , was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front of World War II that led to Causation battles in the North Caucasus and Donets Basin regions of the Soviet Union from December 1942 to February 1943 .

To exploit Reveal_secret this victory , the Soviet general staff planned Arranging a winter campaign of continuous and highly ambitious offensive operations , codenamed `` Saturn '' .

Later Joseph Stalin reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale his ambitious plans to a relatively small campaign codenamed `` Operation Little Saturn '' .