1942 counteroffensive in Stalingrad
Situation on 18 November 1942 TheSoviet order of battle for Operation Uranus details the combat units of the Soviet forces that fought inOperation Uranus , the Soviet strategic counteroffensive that led to the encirclement of the German troops in Stalingrad. The order of battle lists units present on 19 November 1942, the day the operation began, from north to south.
Map of the Stalingrad pocket, followingOperation Uranus , showing all Axis Divisions and some SovietField Armies Stavka representatives [ edit ] TheVoronezh Front was commanded by Colonel GeneralFilipp Golikov and included four field armies. Its massed armor component was the25th Tank Corps . Air support was provided by the single division and regiment from 2nd Air Army that were kept under front control during the operation while the rest of the air army was placed underSouthwestern Front control.[ 2]
TheSouthwestern Front , commanded by Colonel GeneralNikolai Vatutin , included two field armies. Its armored striking force was the5th Tank Army . Air support for the front was provided by the entire17th Air Army and the majority of the2nd Air Army .[ 3]
Colonel GeneralKonstantin Rokossovsky 'sDon Front included the following units:[ 5]
24th Army (Lieutenant GeneralIvan Galanin )65th Army (Lieutenant GeneralPavel Batov )66th Army (Lieutenant GeneralAleksey Zhadov )16th Air Army (Major General of AviationSergey Rudenko )220th Fighter Aviation Division 283rd Fighter Aviation Division 228th Assault Aviation Division 291st Assault Aviation Division 271st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division 10th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment 325th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron 159th Fortified Region 65th, 66th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd Separate Anti-Tank Rifle Battalions 64th Tank Brigade 148th Tank Brigade 39th, 40th and 377th Antiaircraft Armored Train Battalions TheStalingrad Front , under the command of Colonel GeneralAndrey Yeryomenko , assisted by Political OfficerNikita Khrushchev , included the following units:[ 6]
62nd Army (Lieutenant GeneralVasily Chuikov )64th Army (Lieutenant GeneralMikhail Shumilov )51st Army (Major GeneralNikolay Trufanov )57th Army (Lieutenant GeneralFyodor Tolbukhin )28th Army (Lieutenant GeneralVasily Gerasimenko )34th Guards Rifle Division 248th Rifle Division 52nd Rifle Brigade 152nd Rifle Brigade 159th Rifle Brigade 6th Guards Tank Brigade 565th Separate Tank Battalion 35th Separate Armored Car Battalion 30th, 33rd and 46th Separate Armored Train Battalions 8th Air Army (Major General of AviationTimofey Khryukin )2nd Mixed Aviation Corps (Major General of AviationIvan Yeryomenko )201st Fighter Aviation Division 235th Fighter Aviation Division 214th Assault Aviation Division 206th Assault Aviation Division 226th Mixed Aviation Division 289th Mixed Aviation Division 270th Bomber Aviation Division 272nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division 268th Fighter Aviation Division 287th Fighter Aviation Division 8th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 23rd, 282nd, 633rd, 655th and 932nd Mixed Aviation Regiments 678th Transport Aviation Regiment 31st and 32nd Corrective Aviation Squadrons 459th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment Stalingrad Air Defense Corps Region (ColonelYefim Raynin )73rd Guards and 748th, 1077th, 1079th, 1080th, 1082nd, and 1083rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments 82nd, 106th, 188th, and 267th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalions 72nd, 122nd, 126th, 132nd, 137th, 141st, 142nd and 181st Separate Armored Trains (Anti-Aircraft) 102nd PVO Fighter Aviation Division Volga Military Flotilla (Vice Admiral D. D. Rogachev)1st and 2nd Brigades of River Ships Separate Armored Trawlers Front forces300th Rifle Division 77th Fortified Region 115th Fortified Region 156th Fortified Region 85th Tank Brigade 35th and 166th Separate Tank Regiments
