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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

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Stavka representatives

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Army General G.K. Zhukov
Colonel-General of Artillery N.N. Voronov
Colonel-General A.M. Vasilevsky[1]: 435 

Voronezh Front

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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]

Southwestern Front

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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

Don Front

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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

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Main article: Stalingrad Front

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
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)
61st Cavalry Division
81st Cavalry Division
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
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

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  1. ^ Made Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1961
  2. ^ Killed in action in East Prussia 1 Feb 1945
  3. ^ Made Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1955
  4. ^ Died of illness 28 May 1943
  5. ^ Mortally wounded 28 Feb 1944 when ambushed by Ukranian partisans
  6. ^ Served as Premier of the USSR, 19xx - 19xx

Citations

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  1. ^ Beevor (1998)
  2. ^ Glantz 2014, pp. 1–2.
  3. ^ Glantz 2014, pp. 2–3.
  4. ^ Командующие воздушными армиями ВВС РККА в период 1942–1945 гг.
  5. ^ Glantz 2014, pp. 3–4.
  6. ^ Glantz 2014, pp. 4–5.

Bibliography

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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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