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Situation on 18 November 1942
Stalingrad pocket following Operation Uranus
The Soviet order of battle for Operation Uranus details the combat units of the Soviet forces that fought in Operation 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.
High command
[edit]Stavka representatives
[edit]- Army General G.K. Zhukov
- Colonel-General of Artillery N.N. Voronov
- Colonel-General A.M. Vasilevsky[1]: 435
Voronezh Front
[edit]Colonel General Filipp Golikov[a]
Voronezh Front included four field armies. Its massed armor component was the 25th 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 under Southwestern Front control.[2]
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Southwestern Front
[edit]Colonel General Nikolai Vatutin[e]
Southwestern Front included two field armies. Its armored striking force was the 5th Tank Army. Air support for the front was provided by the entire 17th Air Army and the majority of the 2nd Air Army.[3]
Ground forces deployed West to East
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Don Front
[edit]Colonel General Konstantin Rokossovsky[5]
Ground forces deployed West to East
- 65th Army
- Lieutenant General Pavel Batov
- 4th Guards Rifle Division
- 27th Guards Rifle Division
- 40th Guards Rifle Division
- 23rd Rifle Division
- 24th Rifle Division
- 252nd Rifle Division
- 258th Rifle Division
- 304th Rifle Division
- 321st Rifle Division
- 59th and 64th Separate Anti-Tank Rifle Battalions
- 91st Tank Brigade
- 121st Tank Brigade
- 24th Army
- Lieutenant General Ivan Galanin
- 49th Rifle Division
- 84th Rifle Division
- 120th Rifle Division
- 173rd Rifle Division
- 214th Rifle Division
- 233rd Rifle Division
- 260th Rifle Division
- 273rd Rifle Division
- 298th Rifle Division
- 54th Fortified Region
- 58th and 61st Separate Anti-Tank Rifle Battalions
- 16th Tank Corps (Major General of Tank Forces Aleksey Maslov)
- 107th Tank Brigade
- 109th Tank Brigade
- 164th Tank Brigade
- 16th Motor Rifle Brigade
- 10th Tank Brigade
- 134th, 224th, and 229th Separate Armored Car Battalions
- 66th Army
- Lieutenant General Aleksey Zhadov
- 64th Rifle Division
- 99th Rifle Division
- 116th Rifle Division
- 226th Rifle Division
- 299th Rifle Division
- 343rd Rifle Division
- 63rd Separate Anti-Tank Rifle Battalion
- 58th Tank Brigade
- 16th Air Army
- Major General of Aviation Sergey 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
Stalingrad Front
[edit]Colonel General Andrey Yeryomenko
assisted by Political Officer Nikita Khrushchev[f][6]
Ground forces deployed North to South
- 62nd Army
- Lieutenant General Vasily Chuikov
- 13th Guards Rifle Division
- 37th Guards Rifle Division
- 39th Guards Rifle Division
- 45th Rifle Division
- 95th Rifle Division
- 112th Rifle Division
- 138th Rifle Division
- 193rd Rifle Division
- 308th Rifle Division
- 42nd Rifle Brigade
- 92nd Rifle Brigade
- 115th Rifle Brigade
- 124th Rifle Brigade
- 149th Rifle Brigade
- 160th Rifle Brigade
- 84th Tank Brigade
- 506th Separate Tank Battalion from the 235th Tank Brigade
- 64th Army
- Lieutenant General Mikhail Shumilov
- 7th Rifle Corps (Major General Sergey Goryachev
- 93rd Rifle Brigade
- 96th Rifle Brigade
- 97th Rifle Brigade
- 36th Guards Rifle Division
- 29th Rifle Division
- 38th Rifle Division
- 157th Rifle Division
- 204th Rifle Division
- 66th Naval Rifle Brigade
- 154th Naval Rifle Brigade
- 20th Destroyer Brigade
- Composite Student Regiment of the Vinnitsa Infantry School
- 13th Tank Brigade
- 56th Tank Brigade
- 28th Separate Armored Train Battalion
- 7th Rifle Corps (Major General Sergey Goryachev
- 57th Army
- Lieutenant General Fyodor Tolbukhin'
- 169th Rifle Division
- 422nd Rifle Division
- 143rd Rifle Brigade
- 45th, 172nd, 177th Separate Machine Gun Artillery Battalions from the 76th Fortified Region
- 13th Tank Corps (Major General of Tank Forces Trofim Tanaschishin)
- 17th Mechanized Brigade
- 61st Mechanized Brigade
- 62nd Mechanized Brigade
- 90th Tank Brigade
- 235th Tank Brigade
- 156th Separate Motorcycle Battalion
- 51st Army
- Major General Nikolay Trufanov
- 15th Guards Rifle Division
- 91st Rifle Division
- 126th Rifle Division
- 302nd Rifle Division
- 4th Mechanised Corps (Major General of Tank Forces Vasily Volsky)
- 36th Mechanized Brigade
- 59th Mechanized Brigade
- 60th Mechanized Brigade
- 55th and 158th Tank Regiments
- 4th Cavalry Corps (Lieutenant General Timofey Shapkin)
- 76th Fortified Region
- 38th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
- 254th Tank Brigade
- 28th Army
- Lieutenant General Vasily 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 Aviation Timofey Khryukin
- 2nd Mixed Aviation Corps (Major General of Aviation Ivan 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
- 2nd Mixed Aviation Corps (Major General of Aviation Ivan Yeryomenko)
- Stalingrad Air Defense Corps Region (Colonel Yefim 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 forces
- 300th Rifle Division
- 77th Fortified Region
- 115th Fortified Region
- 156th Fortified Region
- 85th Tank Brigade
- 35th and 166th Separate Tank Regiments
Footnotes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Beevor (1998)
- ^ Glantz 2014, pp. 1–2.
- ^ Glantz 2014, pp. 2–3.
- ^ Командующие воздушными армиями ВВС РККА в период 1942–1945 гг.
- ^ Glantz 2014, pp. 3–4.
- ^ Glantz 2014, pp. 4–5.
Bibliography
[edit]- Beevor, Antony (1998). Stalingrad. Viking, London. ISBN 978-0-14-103240-5.
- Glantz, David M. (2014). Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700619566.
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