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.
Situation on 18 November 1942
Map of the Stalingrad pocket, following Operation Uranus , showing all Axis Divisions and some Soviet Field Armies
The Voronezh Front was commanded by Colonel General Filipp Golikov and 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.
The Southwestern Front , commanded by Colonel General Nikolai Vatutin , 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 .
1st Guards Army (Lieutenant General Dmitry Lelyushenko )
5th Tank Army (Major General Prokofy Romanenko )
21st Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Chistyakov )
17th Air Army (Major General of Aviation Stepan Krasovsky )
1st Mixed Aviation Corps (Major General of Aviation Vladimir Shevchenko )
267th Assault Aviation Division
288th Fighter Aviation Division
221st Bomber Aviation Division
262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division
282nd Fighter Aviation Division
208th Assault Aviation Regiment
637th Assault Aviation Regiment
10th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
331st Separate Bomber Aviation Squadron
2nd Air Army (Major General of Aviation Konstantin Smirnov )[4]
205th Fighter Aviation Division
207th Fighter Aviation Division
208th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division
227th Assault Aviation Division
50th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
324th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
Colonel General Konstantin Rokossovsky 's Don Front included the following units:
24th Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Galanin )
65th Army (Lieutenant General Pavel Batov )
66th Army (Lieutenant General Aleksey Zhadov )
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
The Stalingrad Front , under the command of Colonel General Andrey Yeryomenko , assisted by Political Officer Nikita Khrushchev , included the following units:
62nd Army (Lieutenant General Vasily Chuikov )
64th Army (Lieutenant General Mikhail Shumilov )
51st Army (Major General Nikolay Trufanov )
57th Army (Lieutenant General Fyodor Tolbukhin )
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