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Contents

List of Maps, Tables, and Illustrations ix

Preface xv

Selected Abbreviations xix

Index Maps xxiii

Appendix 1. Opposing Orders of Battle, 19 November 1942– 1 February 1943 1

Appendix 2. Soviet Strategic Planning and the Genesis of Plan Uranus 82Appendix 3. The Uranus Force and Plan 105Appendix 4. The Balance of Opposing Forces 126Appendix 5. The Penetration Battle and Encirclement,

19–23 November 1942 138Appendix 6. Reducing the Stalingrad Pocket and Forming the Outer

Encirclement Front, 24–27 November 1942 189Appendix 7. Reducing the Stalingrad Pocket and the Outer

Encirclement Front, 28–30 November 1942 218Appendix 8. Competing German and Soviet Dilemmas 251Appendix 9. The Southwestern Front’s Battles along the Krivaia and

Chir Rivers, 1–15 December 1942 279Appendix 10. The Stalingrad Front’s Defense against Operation

Wintergewitter [Winter Tempest], 1–19 December 1942 299Appendix 11. The Don and Stalingrad Fronts’ Battle for the Stalingrad

Pocket, 1–15 December 1942 343Appendix 12. Operation Little Saturn and the Soviet Tormosin

Offensive, 16–31 December 1942 379Appendix 13. The End of Wintergewitter and Donnerschlag

[Thunder Clap] and the Stalingrad Front’s Kotel’nikovo Offensive, 16–31 December 1942 417

Appendix 14. The Stalingrad Pocket, 16–31 December 1942 462Appendix 15. Sixth Army’s Situation, Preliminaries, and the Don

Front’s Plan, 1–9 January 1943 491

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Appendix 16. Destruction: The First Stage, 10–17 January 1943 504Appendix 17. Destruction: The Second Stage, 18–25 January 1943 537Appendix 18. Destruction: The Finale, 26 January–2 February 1943 569Appendix 19. 62nd Army’s Struggle in Stalingrad City, 19 November

1942–2 February 1943 617Appendix 20. Conclusions 795

Index to Orders of Battle, Documents, and Tables 809


Maps, Tables, and Illustrations

Maps

1. Fourth Panzer Army’s situation at 0000 hours on 5 December 1942 302

2. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 12 December 1942 312 3. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 13 December 1942 315 4. General Raus’s perception of the battle at Verkhne-Kumskii, 13

[14–18] December 1942 321 5. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 14 December 1942 327 6. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 15 December 1942 329 7. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 16 December 1942 330 8. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 17 December 1942 332 9. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 18 December 1942 33410. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 19 December 1942 33511. The situation in Stalingrad on 1 December 1942 35312. The situation in Stalingrad on 8 December 1942 36713. Army Group Hollidt’s (Romanian Third Army’s) situation on 31

December 1942 41014. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 20 December 1942 43215. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 21 December 1942 43516. LVII Panzer Corps’ advance on 23 December 1942 43917. The Stalingrad Front’s Kotel’nikovo offensive, 24–31 December

1942 45318. LVII Panzer Corps’ defense on 25 December 1942 45519. The Don Front’s operation Kol’tso [Ring], 10 January–2

February 1943 53520. 21st Army’s operations, 10–12 January 1943 53621. 21st Army’s operations, 21–25 January 1943 56722. The Stalingrad pocket [Kessel], 23 January 1943: A German

Perspective 56823. 21st Army’s operations, 26–30 January 1943 61024. 64th Army’s operations, 10 January–2 February 1943 61125. 66th Army’s operations, 10–31 January 1943 61226. 45th Rifle Division’s attack plan, 19 November 1942 618


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27. 95th Rifle Division’s attack plan, 19 November 1942 61928. 95th Rifle Division’s positions at 2000 hours on 20 November 1942 62229. 92nd Separate Rifle Brigade’s positions on 21 November 1942 62430. 45th Rifle Division’s positions at 2000 hours on 23 November 1942 62631. 45th Rifle Division’s attack plan, 29 November 1942 62832. 92nd Separate Rifle Brigade’s positions on 27 November 1942 62933. 13th Guards Rifle Division’s positions, 27 November– 4 December 1942 63034. 284th Rifle Division’s attack plan, 14 December 1942 63935. 95th Rifle Division’s positions at 2000 hours on 15 December 1942 64136. 92nd Separate Rifle Brigade’s positions at 2000 hours on 15 December 1942 64237. 138th Rifle Division’s defenses at 1800 hours on 16 December 1942 64438. 95th Rifle Division’s positions at 2000 hours on 19 December 1942 64739. 138th Rifle Division’s attack plan, 21 December 1942 65540. The situation in Stalingrad on 22 December 1942 65741. 95th Rifle Division’s positions at 2000 hours on 22 December 1942 65842. 95th Rifle Division’s positions at 2000 hours on 25 December 1942 66443. 45th Rifle Division’s positions at 2000 hours on 25 December 1942 66544. 45th Rifle Division’s positions at 2000 hours on 30 December 1942 67645. The situation in Stalingrad on 2 January 1943 68646. 156th Fortified Region’s positions at 2000 hours on 2 January 1943 68747. 284th Rifle Division’s attack plan, 8 January 1943 70048. 138th Rifle Division’s positions on 11–12 January 1943 70949. 138th Rifle Division’s actions on 13 January 1943 71550. 284th Rifle Division’s positions at 2000 hours on 14 January 1943 71951. 138th Rifle Division’s positions on 14–16 January 1943 72052. 138th Rifle Division’s positions at 1900 hours on 20 January 1943 73653. 284th Rifle Division’s positions on 30–31 January 1943 76154. 284th Rifle Division’s actions on 2 February 1943 770


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photographs

(following p. 612)Lieutenant General Vasilii Ivanovich ChuikovDivision Commissar Kuz’ma Akimovich GurovMajor General Nikolai Ivanovich KrylovMajor General Aleksandr Il’ich RodimtsevMajor General Stepan Savel’evich Gur’evColonel Vasilii Akimovich GorishnyiColonel Ivan Il’ich Liudnikov, commander of 138th Rifle Division, with his

deputy commander for political affairs, N. I. Titov, his chief of staff, V. I. Shuba, and his chief of artillery, S. Ia. Tychinsky

Colonel Nikolai Filippovich Batiuk, commander of 284th Rifle Division, in his command bunker

(following p. 774)Stalingrad (Volgograd today) from the Volga River westward toward the

Factory district (Krasnyi Oktiabr’ sector)Stalingrad from the Volga River westward toward the Factory district

(Tractor Factory sector)Ruins in the Factory districtRuins of dugouts on the Volga River’s western bank in the Factory districtHouses Nos. 77 and 78 on Lenin Prospect (on Liudnikov’s island)Entrance to a house on Lenin Prospect (on Liudnikov’s island)Ruins of the Rote Haus [Red House], the headquarters of Colonel

Liudnikov’s 138th Rifle DivisionRuins of the Kommissarhaus [Commissar House] (on Luidnikov’s island)The infamous fuel tanks southeast of the Barrikady factorySouthward along the railroad west of the Krasnyi Oktiabr’ factory toward

Mamaev Kurgan, with the victory monument in the distanceWestward from the Volga River toward Mamaev Kurgan and the postwar

monument to victoryStalingrad from Mamaev Kurgan eastward toward the Volga RiverStalingrad from Mamaev Kurgan northward across the Bannyi ravine

toward the Factory district (Krasnyi Oktiabr’)Stalingrad from Mamaev Kurgan westward toward Hill 112.0 and

StalingradskiiStalingrad from Mamaev Kurgan southeastward across the Dolgii and

Krutoi ravines toward the northern part of the city centerThe ruins of Pavlov’s house on the eastern side of the 9th of January

Square, with the inscription “Feats of arms and labor mingled together in this house.” “We stood up for your native Stalingrad!”


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The ruins of the Mill building (Lieutenant Zabolotnyi’s house) next to Pavlov’s house

Stalingrad’s Railroad Station No. 1The front of the Univermag [department store] on the Square of Fallen

Heroes, in whose basement Field Marshal von Paulus surrenderedThe entrance to Field Marshal Paulus’s headquarters in the basement of

the UnivermagThe Theater on the 1st of May SquareThe landing stage on the Volga’s western bank in central Stalingrad (now

east of the Avenue of Heroes)Eastward to the Volga River from the Square of Fallen HeroesSoutheastward from Pushkinskaia and Krasnoznamennskaia streets along

the Tsaritsa River valley to the Volga RiverThe grain elevator in southern Stalingrad from the southwestInside the top floor of the grain elevatorFrom the grain elevator southward toward the El’shanka River and

El’shankaFrom the grain elevator eastward toward the Volga RiverFrom the grain elevator northeastward toward the Tsaritsa River (the tall

building with cranes on top on the left side)General Paulus’s headquarters in GolubinskaiaFrom Paulus’s headquarters toward the Golubaia RiverA German cemetery at Bol’shaia RossoshkaA German war memorial near Peschanka

tables

1. The Distribution of Replacement Personnel and Weapons Sent to the Red Army’s Operating Fronts during the Period from 1 October to 20 November 1942 126

2. The Strength of the Soviet Fronts Conducting the Stalingrad Counteroffensive (Operation Uranus) 127

3. The Soviet View on the Correlation of Opposing Forces in Operation Uranus, 1956—Overall 129




7. The Russian View on the Correlation of Opposing Forces in Operation Uranus, 1998—Overall 134

8. The Russian View on the Correlation of Opposing Forces in Operation Uranus, 2005—Overall 134


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9. The Russian View on the Correlation of Opposing Forces in Operation Uranus, 2005—Main Axes 135

10. The Russian View on the Correlation of Opposing Forces in Operation Uranus, 2008—Main Axes and Overall 136

11. The 28th Army’s Personnel and Equipment Losses, 20–30 November 1942 244

12. Soviet Air Force Daily Air Sorties by Type and Comparative Aircraft Losses, 15–30 November 1942 244

13. The Comparative Mobility of German Sixth Army’s Divisions on 16 November and 15 December 1942 251

14. The Relative Mobility of German Sixth Army’s Combat Battalions and Artillery Batteries on 16 November and 15 December 1942 253

15. The Combat Ratings of Sixth Army’s Mobile Divisions on 15 December and the Tank Strengths on 26–28 November 1942 253

16. German Sixth Army’s Daily Reports of Air Landings for Aerial Resupply 257

17. Opposing Forces in the Don Front’s Offensive against Sixth Army’s Stalingrad Pocket on 4 and 5 December 1942 358

18. Casualty Rates in Selected Divisions of Sixth Army, 12–15 December 375

19. The Combat Strength of Selected Divisions, Regiments, and Battalions in Sixth Army in Mid-December 1942 375

20. Soviet Assessments of the Correlation of Forces in the Southwestern Front’s Main Attack Sectors of Operation Little Saturn, 16 December 1942 386

21. Reinforcements Reaching Italian Eighth Army and Army Group Hollidt, 16–23 December 1942 387

22. The Daily Log of Sixth Army’s Wounded Soldiers Listed by Division and Rank from 22 December 1942 through 30 January 1943 472

23. Casualty Rates in Selected Divisions of Sixth Army, 16–31 December 1942 483

24. Casualty Rates in Sixth Army and XIV Panzer and XI Army Corps, 16–31 December 1942 485

25. Non-Combat Casualties Suffered by Sixth Army from 19 through 31 December 1942 486

26. Sixth Army’s and Army Group Don’s Records of Aircraft Employed and Tonnage Delivered in the Aerial Supply of Sixth Army, 16–31 December 1942 487

27. The Reorganization of the Defenses on Sixth Army’s Western Front, 30 December 1942–9 January 1943 492

28. The Reorganization of the Defenses on Sixth Army’s Southern Front, 30 December 1942–9 January 1943 493


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29. Sixth Army’s Armor Strength from 28 December 1942 through 9 January 1943 494

30. Sixth Army’s Antitank Gun Strength [Paklage] from 18 December 1942 through 9 January 1943 495

31. Records of Aircraft Employed and Tonnage Delivered in the Aerial Supply of Sixth Army, 1–9 January 1943 496

32. The Casualty Rates in Sixth Army and Selective Subordinate Corps, 1–9 January1943 499

33. The Impact of Attrition on the Combat Strength of LI Army Corps’ Infantry Divisions Fighting in Stalingrad City, 17 December 1942–9 January 1943 500

34. Sixth Army’s Non-Combat Casualties, 1–9 January 1943 50135. The Strength of the Don Front’s Tank Forces at 2200 hours on

9 January 1943 50236. The Don Front’s Employment of Fortified Regions to Economize

on Forces in Operation Ring 50337. Records of Aircraft Employed and Tonnage Delivered in the

Aerial Supply of Sixth Army, 10 January–3 February 1943 54238. 156th Fortified Region’s Losses 60139. The Don Front’s Armies, Divisions, and Brigades Granted

“Guards” Status, January–May 1943 60440. The Re-Creation of Sixth Army and Sixth Army’s Corps and

Divisions Destroyed at Stalingrad 60641. The Personnel Losses of the Don Front from 10–15 January 1943 60642. The Personnel Losses of the Don Front from 20–30 January 1943 60743. The Don Front’s Tank Strength at 2200 hours on 22 January 1943 60744. The Don Front’s Tank Strength at 2200 hours on 2 February 1943 60845. 156th FR, Information about the Employment of Weapons in

Combat 69546. Red Army Personnel Losses during the Stalingrad Strategic

Offensive, Operation Uranus, 19 November 1942–2 February 1943 804

47. Personnel Losses of Axis Forces during the Stalingrad Strategic Offensive, Operation Uranus, 19 November 1942–2 February 1943 805

48. Red Army Losses of Weapons and Military Equipment during the Stalingrad Strategic Offensive, Operation Uranus, 19 November 1942–2 February 1943 806

49. Operational Tanks in Army Group B at the Beginning of the Uranus Counteroffensive 806

50. Operational Tanks in Forces Reinforcing Army Group Don in December 1942 and January 1943 807


Preface

This Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad contains the archival evidence necessary to substantiate the judgments and conclusions the authors reach in volume three of the Stalingrad trilogy. Entitled Endgame in Stalingrad: Op-eration Uranus, the Death of German Sixth Army, and the Expanding Soviet Offensive, November 1942–February 1943, this volume examines the plan-ning and conduct of Soviet Operation Uranus and the encirclement of Ger-man Sixth Army, Soviet thwarting of German attempts to rescue or relieve Sixth Army, the Stavka’s expansion of the Uranus offensive to the south and west, and the destruction of Sixth Army. Volumes one and two in this trilogy, which describe and assess Operation Blau, the German advance to Stalingrad from late June through early September 1942, and the ensuing struggle in Stalingrad city, which took place from early September to mid-November 1942, address many unanswered questions and myths, but do so within the confines of their narratives. Volume three, however, is accompanied by a Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad.

This Companion is necessary, first and foremost, because unlike the first two volumes in the trilogy, the sheer quantity of unanswered questions and myths addressed in volume three require careful analysis, clarification, or refutation far too extensive to address in a single narrative. Among the many controversies and unanswered questions addressed by this Companion are:

1. Who was responsible for developing the concept for Operation Uranus? 2. Why did the Uranus offensive succeed? 3. Could Sixth Army have escaped encirclement or been rescued? 4. Why did the German relief attempts fail? 5. Who was most responsible for Sixth Army’s defeat?

In addition to a wide variety of existing sources, this volume exploits two major categories of documentary materials related to Stalingrad, hitherto unavailable to researchers. The first is extensive records from the combat journal of German Sixth Army, which, for the most part, have been missing since the war’s end, but large portions of which have now been rediscov-ered and published. These are supplemented by translated entries from the war diaries (Kriegstagebüchen or KTB) of German Army Group Don, Army Group Hollidt, and Romanian Third Army, XXXXVIII Panzer Corps, and a


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variety of smaller German formations. The second category includes a vast amount of newly released Soviet (Russian) archival materials. These consist of excerpts from the Red Army General Staff’s daily operational summaries, a wide variety of Stavka, People’s Commissariat of Defense (NKO), and Red Army General Staff orders and directives, and the daily records of Soviet 62nd Army and its subordinate divisions and brigades for most of the period during which fighting was under way in Stalingrad proper.

The Companion itself begins with complete orders of battle for opposing forces at key dates throughout this period. These are followed by appendices containing extensive excerpts from the Red Army General Staff’s daily opera-tional summaries for all periods; complete translations of relevant Soviet and German orders, directives, and correspondence between key military figures of both sides; and verbatim English translations of the many documents upon which I based my judgments and conclusions in regard to these matters. All of these appendices and specific documentary materials parallel chapters in the narrative and are keyed directly to references in the narrative volume. These, along with other detailed evidence in the form of charts and tables, are the substance of the Companion. In short, collectively, these documents offer the evidence necessary for readers to accept, reject, or simply qualify the author’s conclusions. Thus, like the first two volumes, this one offers un-precedented detail and fresh perspectives, interpretations, and evaluations of the later stages of the Stalingrad campaign.

Finally, to maintain continuity with volume two in the trilogy, a special appendix in the Companion (Appendix 19) completes volume two’s account of the fighting in Stalingrad city proper by including translations of entries in Soviet 62nd Army’s combat journal, together with entries and maps taken from the combat journals of 62nd Army’s subordinate divisions and brigades. In addition, the Companion concludes with documents from the files of the Soviet NKVD that cast new light on the fate of many soldiers and officers in Sixth Army, and other sources that describe in brief what happened to the formations on both sides that participated in this terrible battle.

Most important for this volume, I am personally indebted to two indi-viduals whose keen knowledge of the war and the German language proved indispensable in identifying and translating German accounts of the fighting and documents essential for reaching sound judgments regarding contro-versy and myth. These include the correspondence between Field Marshal von Manstein, the commander of Army Group Don, General Paulus, the commander of Sixth Army, and the OKH; conversations by teletype be-tween Generals Schmidt and Schulz, Paulus’s and Manstein’s respective chiefs of staff; and extensive entries from the KTBs of higher German Army headquarters.


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The accomplished German military historian Romedio Graf von Thun-Hohenstein generously and selflessly volunteered to critique this volume. He spent countless hours reading and commenting on all aspects of the manu-script, in particular, pointing out errors in fact and interpretation, identifying necessary sources, and pointing out and correcting my frequent mutilations of the German language. Dr. Lothar Zeidler, a veteran of the war who served for over two years in the Wehrmacht’s 168th Infantry Division and was twice wounded, spent countless hours selflessly translating many tens of pages of German documents and sharing with me copious notes and other memora-bilia from the war. Both provided their generous assistance driven by their desires to make this volume as accurate and objective as possible. I deeply appreciate their help.

Finally, as with my previous efforts, I lovingly acknowledge the crucial role my wife, Mary Ann Glantz, played in editing and proofing the Companion.

David M. GlantzCarlisle, Pennsylvania


Selected Abbreviations

SovietCommands and ForcesA—armyGA (Gds.A)—guards armyTA—tank armyTC—tank corpsGTC (Gds.TC)—guards tank corpsMC—mechanized corpsGMC (Gds.MC)—guards mechanized

corpsRC—rifle corpsGRC (Gds.RC)—guards rifle corpsCC—cavalry corpsGCC (Gds.CC)—guards cavalry corpsMAC—mixed aviation corpsRD—rifle divisionRDNKVD—NKVD rifle divisionGRD (Gds.RD)—guards rife divisionCD—cavalry divisionGCD (Gds.CD)—guards cavalry

divisionAAD—assault aviation divisionBAD—bomber aviation divisionNBAD—night bomber aviation divisionFAD—fighter aviation divisionMAD—mixed aviation divisionFR—fortified regionRB—rifle brigadeTB—tank brigade GTB (Gds.TB)—guards tank brigadeMB—mechanized brigadeMRB—motorized rifle brigadeNRB—naval rifle brigadeDB—destroyer brigadeRR—rifle regimentGRR (Gds.RR)—guards rifle regimentTR—tank regiment

German (Axis)Higher CommandsOKW (Oberkommando der

Wehrmacht)—Armed Forces High Command

OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)— Army High Command

AG (H.Gr.) (Heeresgruppe)—army group

A (AOK) (Armeeoberkommando)—army

Pz A—panzer armyHarko (Hoherer Artilleriekommando)—

higher artillery command (army level)

Arko (Artilleriekommando)—artillery command

AC (A.K.)—army corpsPzC (Pz.K.)—panzer corpsD (Div.)—division ID (I.D.) (J.D.)—infantry division PzD (Pz.D.)—panzer division ID (JD)(mot)—motorized division MotD (Mot. D.)—motorized division CavD (K.D.)—cavalry division MtnD—mountain division Sec. D—security division LFD—Luftwaffe field divisionBr.—brigade IB (Inf.B)—infantry brigade MotB—motorized brigade PzB—panzer brigadeRgt. (R)—regiment Sec.R—security regiment AR—artillery regiment IR—infantry regiment PzR—panzer regiment


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German (Axis) (continued) PzGR (Pz.Gren.R)—panzer-

grenadier regiment EngR—engineer regiment MotR—motorized regiment MtrcR—motorcycle regimentBn (Btl.)—battalion PzBn—panzer battalion MotBn—motorized battalion InfBn—infantry battalion EngBn—engineer battalion MG Bn—machine gun battalionCo. (kp.)—companyBtry (battr.)—battery

MiscellaneousAbt. (abteilung)—detachment or

battalionA.A.—reconnaissance abteilungPz. A.A.—panzer reconnaissance

abteilungAbschnitt—section or sectorAufkl. (Aufklarung)—reconnaissanceGp. (Gruppe)—groupHKL—front lines (hauptkampflinie or

main combat line)Inf.—infantryKpfgp. (Kgr.)—kampfgruppe [combat

group]mot.—motorizedFlak (fugabwehrkanone)—antiaircraft

gunsJg (Jäg) (Jäger)—lighti. G.—in the General StaffPak (panzerabwehrkanone)—antitank

gunPi—Pioneer (engineer)Pkw (personenkraftwagon)—personnel

carrierPz.Jg. (panzerjäger)—antitank unitSt.G. (Stu.Gesch.) (stürmgeschutz)—

assault gunIG (infanteriegeschutz)—infantry gunv.—vonz.b.V.—temporarily formed

Soviet (continued)GTR (Gds.TR)—guards tank regimentAR—artillery regimentGds.AR—guards artillery regimentATR—antitank regimentTDR—tank destroyer (antitank)

artillery regimentAAR—assault aviation regimentBAR—bomber aviation regimentMAR—mixed aviation regimentRAR—reconnaissance aviation regimentCAR—corps artillery regimentGAR—gun artillery regimentHAR—howitzer artillery regimentG-MR (Gds.-MR)—guards mortar

(multiple-rocket launcher or Katiusha) regiment

MtrR—mortar regimentMRR—motorized rifle regimentCR—cavalry regimentGCR (Gds.CR)—guards cavalry

regimentRAS—reconnaissance aviation squadronRBn—rifle battalionTBn—tank battalionAABn—antiaircraft artillery battalionATBn—antitank battalionMG-Arty Bn (MGArtyBn)—machine

gun–artillery battalionG-MBn (Gds.-MBn)—guards mortar

battalionSep.ArmdCarBn—separate armored car

battalionArmdTrainBn—armored train battalion Co—companyBtry—battery

MiscellaneousAA—antiaircraftArty—artilleryAT—antitankCav.—cavalryCP—command postDAG—division artillery groupDD—long-range artillery group


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German (Axis) (continued)(R) (r. or ru.)—Romanian(I)—Italian(H)—Hungarian(G)—German

Soviet (continued)Det.—detachmentFD—forward detachmentG (Gds.) as a prefix with any

abbreviation—guardsGp.—groupMTF—motor tractor factoryMTS—motor tractor stationOP—observation postPVO—antiaircraft defenseRAG—regimental artillery groupRes.—reserve RVGK—Reserve of the Stavka of the

Supreme High CommandSep.—separateSF—state farm


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APPENDIX 1

Opposing Orders of Battle, 19 November 1942–1 February 1943

SOVIETA. The Organization of the Voronezh, Southwestern, Don, and Stalingrad Fronts, 20 November 1942 (from north to south)

Voronezh Front—Colonel General F. I. Golikov38th Army—Lieutenant General N. E. Chibisov

161st, 167th, 237th, 240th, and 340th Rifle Divisions104th and 248th Rifle Brigades7th Separate Destroyer Brigade96th and 150th Tank Brigades

60th Army—Colonel General I. D. Cherniakhovsky107th, 121st, 232nd, 303rd, and 305th Rifle Divisions14th Separate Destroyer Brigade180th Tank Brigade475th and 476th Separate Tank Battalions

40th Army—Colonel General K. S. Moskalenko100th, 141st, and 206th Rifle Divisions8th and 16th Separate Destroyer Brigades14th Tank Brigade44th Separate Armored Train Battalion

6th Army—Lieutenant General F. M. Kharitonov25th Guards and 127th, 160th, 219th, 270th, and 309th Rifle

Divisions1st Destroyer Division1st and 2nd Destroyer Brigades6th and 10th Separate Destroyer Brigades115th and 116th Tank Brigades26th and 34th Separate Armored Train Battalions

2nd Air Army (left under Voronezh Front control)244th Bomber Aviation Division878th Mixed Aviation Regiment

Front Forces:253rd Rifle Brigade


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25th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces P. P. Pavlov111th, 162nd, and 175th Tank Brigades16th Motorized Rifle Brigade

86th Tank Brigade53rd Separate Motorcycle Battalion

Southwestern Front—Colonel General N. F. Vatutin1st Guards Army—Lieutenant General D.D. Leliushenko

1st, 153rd, 197th, 203rd, 266th, and 278th Rifle Divisions1st Guards Mechanized Corps—Major General I. N. Russianov

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Guards Mechanized Brigades16th and 17th Guards Tank Regiments

22nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade5th Tank Army—Major General P. L. Romanenko

14th, 47th, and 50th Guards and 119th, 159th, and 346th Rifle Divisions

1st Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces V. V. Butkov89th, 117th, and 159th Tank Brigades44th Motorized Rifle Brigade

26th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces A. G. Rodin19th, 157th, and 216th Tank Brigades14th Motorized Rifle Brigade

8th Cavalry Corps—Major General M. D. Borisov21st, 55th, and 112th Cavalry Divisions

8th Guards Tank Brigade8th Motorcycle Regiment510th and 511th Tank Battalions

21st Army—Lieutenant General I. M. Chistiakov63rd, 76th, 96th, 277th, 293rd, and 333rd Rifle Divisions4th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces A. G.

Kravchenko45th, 69th, and 102nd Tank Brigades4th Motorized Rifle Brigade

3rd Guards Cavalry Corps—Major General I. A. Pliev5th and 6th Guards and 32nd Cavalry Divisions

5th Separate Destroyer Brigade1st, 21st, 60th, and 99th Separate Antitank Rifle Battalions1st, 2nd, and 4th Guards Separate Tank Regiments

17th Air Army—Lieutenant General of Aviation S. A. Krasovsky1st Mixed Aviation Corps—Major General of Aviation V. I.

Shevchenko267th Assault Aviation Division


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288th Fighter Aviation Division221st Bomber Aviation Division262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division282nd Fighter Aviation Division208th and 637th Assault Aviation Divisions10th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron331st Separate Bomber Aviation Squadron

2nd Air Army (from the Voronezh Front)—Major General of Aviation K. N. Smirnov

205th and 207th Fighter Aviation Divisions208th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division227th Assault Aviation Division50th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment324th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron

Front Forces: None

Don Front—Colonel General K. K. Rokossovsky24th Army—Lieutenant General I. V. Galanin

49th, 84th, 120th, 173rd, 214th, 233rd, 260th, 273rd, and 298th Rifle Divisions

54th Fortified Region58th and 61st Separate Antitank Rifle Battalions16th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces A. G. Maslov

107th, 109th, and 164th Tank Brigades16th Motorized Rifle Brigade

10th Tank Brigade134th, 224th, and 229th Separate Armored Car Battalions

65th Army—Lieutenant General P. I. Batov4th, 27th, and 40th Guards and 23rd, 24th, 252nd, 258th, 304th,

and 321st Rifle Divisions59th and 64th Separate Antitank Rifle Battalions91st and 121st Tank Brigades59th Separate Armored Train Battalion

66th Army—Lieutenant General A. S. Zhadov64th, 99th, 116th, 226th, 299th, and 343rd Rifle Divisions63rd Separate Antitank Rifle Battalion58th Tank Brigade

16th Air Army—Major General of Aviation S. I. Rudenko220th and 283rd Fighter Aviation Divisions228th and 291st Assault Aviation Divisions271st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division10th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment325th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron


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Front Forces:159th Fortified Region65th, 66th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd Separate

Antitank Rifle Battalions64th and 148th Tank Brigades39th, 40th, and 377th Antiaircraft Armored Train Battalions

Stalingrad Front—Colonel General A. I. Eremenko62nd Army—Lieutenant General V. I. Chuikov

13th, 37th, and 39th Guards and 45th, 95th, 112th, 138th, 193rd, 284th, and 308th Rifle Divisions

42nd, 92nd, 115th, 124th, 149th, and 160th Rifle Brigades84th Tank Brigade506th Separate Tank Battalion (235th Tank Brigade)

64th Army—Lieutenant General M. S. Shumilov7th Rifle Corps—Major General S. G. Goriachev

93rd, 96th, and 97th Rifle Brigades36th Guards and 29th, 38th, 157th, and 204th Rifle Divisions66th and 154th Naval Rifle Brigades20th Destroyer BrigadeComposite Student Regiment of the Vinnitsa Infantry School118th Fortified Region13th and 56th Tank Brigades28th Separate Armored Train Battalion

51st Army—Major General N. I. Trufanov15th Guards and 91st, 126th, and 302nd Rifle Divisions76th Fortified Region4th Mechanized Corps—Major General of Tank Forces V. T.

Vol’sky36th, 59th, and 60th Mechanized Brigades55th and 158th Tank Regiments

4th Cavalry Corps—Lieutenant General T. T. Shapkin61st and 81st Cavalry Divisions

38th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade254th Tank Brigade

57th Army—Lieutenant General F. I. Tolbukhin169th and 422nd Rifle Divisions143rd Rifle Brigade45th, 172nd, and 177th Separate Machine-Gun Artillery

Battalion (76th FR)13th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces T. I.

Tanaschishin17th, 61st, and 62nd Mechanized Brigades



90th and 235th Tank Brigades156th Separate Motorcycle Battalion

28th Army—Lieutenant General V. F. Gerasimenko34th Guards and 248th Rifle Divisions52nd, 152nd, and 159th Rifle Brigades78th and 116th Fortified Regions Separate Cavalry Regiment (battalion)6th Guards Tank Brigade565th Separate Tank Battalion35th Separate Armored Car Battalion30th, 33rd, and 46th Separate Armored Train Battalions

8th Air Army—Major General of Aviation T. T. Kriukin2nd Mixed Aviation Corps—Major General of Aviation I. T.

Eremenko201st and 235th Fighter Aviation Divisions214th Assault Aviation Division

206th Assault Aviation Division226th and 289th Mixed Aviation Divisions270th Bomber Aviation Division272nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division268th and 287th Fighter Aviation Divisions8th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment23rd, 282nd, 633rd, 655th, and 932nd Mixed Aviation Regiments678th Transport Aviation Regiment31st and 32nd Corrective Aviation Squadrons459th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

Stalingrad PVO [Anti–Air Defense] Corps Region—Colonel E. A. Rainin to February 1943

73rd Guards and 748th, 1077th, 1079th, 1080th, 1082nd, and 1083rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiments

82nd, 106th, 188th, and 267th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions72nd, 122nd, 126th, 132nd, 137th, 141st, 142nd, and 181st

Separate Armored Trains (Antiaircraft)102nd PVO Fighter Aviation Division

Volga Military Flotilla—Vice Admiral D. D. Rogachev to February 1943

1st and 2nd Brigades of River ShipsSeparate Armored Trawlers

Front Forces:300th Rifle Division77th, 115th, and 156th Fortified Regions85th Tank Brigade35th and 166th Separate Tank Regiments


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B. The Organization of the Voronezh, Southwestern, Don, and Stalingrad Fronts, 1 December 1942 (from north to south)


161st, 167th, 237th, 240th, and 340th Rifle Divisions104th and 248th Rifle Brigades7th Separate Destroyer Brigade96th and 150th Tank Brigades

60th Army—Colonel General I. D. Cherniakhovsky100th, 121st, 206th, 232nd, 303rd, and 305th Rifle Divisions129th Rifle Brigade8th, 14th, and 16th Separate Destroyer Brigades14th and 180th Tank Brigades475th and 476th Separate Tank Battalions44th Separate Armored Train Battalion

40th Army—Colonel General K. S. Moskalenko25th Guards and 107th and 141st Rifle Divisions10th Separate Destroyer Brigade116th Tank Brigade26th Separate Armored Train Battalion

6th Army—Lieutenant General F. M. Kharitonov15th Rifle Corps—Major General P. F. Privalov

127th, 160th, 219th, 270th, and 309th Rifle Divisions106th Rifle Brigade1st Destroyer Division

1st and 2nd Destroyer Brigades6th Separate Destroyer Brigade17th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces P. P.

Poluboiarov66th, 67th, and 174th Tank Brigades31st Motorized Rifle Brigade


115th Tank Brigade34th Separate Armored Train Battalion

Front Forces:180th Rifle Division86th, 173rd, and 192nd Tank Brigades82nd and 212th Separate Tank Regiments53rd Separate Motorcycle Battalion



Southwestern Front—Colonel General N. F. Vatutin1st Guards Army—Lieutenant General D. D. Leliushenko and

Lieutenant General V. I. Kuznetsov on 5 December4th Guards Rifle Corps—Major General N. A. Gagen

35th and 41st Guards and 195th Rifle Divisions6th Guards Rifle Corps—Colonel E. P. Alferov

38th and 44th Guards and 266th Rifle Divisions14th Rifle Corps—Major General F. E. Sheverdin

14th Guards and 203rd Rifle Divisions1st, 153rd, 197th, and 278th Rifle Divisions1st Guards Mechanized Corps—Major General I. N. Russianov


22nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade5th Tank Army—Major General P. L. Romanenko

40th, 47th, and 50th Guards and 119th, 159th, 258th, 321st, and 346th Rifle Divisions

3rd Guards Cavalry Corps—Major General I. A. Pliev5th and 6th Guards and 32nd Cavalry Divisions



8th Guards and 216th Tank Brigades510th and 511th Separate Tank Battalions8th Motorcycle Regiment56th Separate Motorcycle Battalion45th Separate Armored Car Battalion


Shevchenko267th Assault Aviation Division288th Fighter Aviation Division

221st Bomber Aviation Division262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division282nd Fighter Aviation Division208th and 637th Assault Aviation Divisions282nd Mixed Aviation Regiment371st Light Bomber Aviation Regiment10th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron34th and 45th Corrective Aviation Squadrons


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2nd Air Army—Major General of Aviation K. N. Smirnov205th Fighter Aviation Division208th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division227th Assault Aviation Division50th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment878th Mixed Aviation Regiment324th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron207th Fighter Aviation Division (forming)

Front Forces:94th Rifle Brigade5th Mechanized Corps—Major General M. V. Volkov

45th, 49th, and 50th Mechanized Brigades168th and 188th Separate Tank Regiments

18th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces B. S. Bakharov110th, 170th, and 181st Tank Brigades32nd Motorized Rifle Brigade52nd Separate Motorcycle Battalion

Don Front—Colonel General K. K. Rokossovsky21st Army—Lieutenant General I. M. Chistiakov

51st and 52nd Guards and 51st, 96th, 277th, and 293rd Rifle Divisions

4th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces A. G. Kravchenko

45th, 69th, and 102nd Tank Brigades4th Motorized Rifle Brigade

26th Tank Corps (1st Guards Tank Corps on 8 December)—Major General of Tank Forces A. G. Rodin


1st, 2nd, and 4th Guards Separate Tank Regiments24th Army—Lieutenant General I. V. Galanin

49th, 84th, 120th, 173rd, 214th, 233rd, 260th, 273rd, and 298th Rifle Divisions

54th Fortified Region16th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces A. G. Maslov


10th Tank Brigade8th and 9th Guards Separate Tank Regiments

65th Army—Lieutenant General P. I. Batov27th Guards and 23rd, 24th, 252nd, and 304th Rifle Divisions91st and 121st Tank Brigades



66th Army—Lieutenant General A. S. Zhadov64th, 99th, 116th, 226th, 299th, and 343rd Rifle Divisions58th Tank Brigade7th Guards Separate Tank Regiment

16th Air Army—Major General of Aviation S. I. Rudenko220th and 283rd Fighter Aviation Divisions228th and 291st Assault Aviation Divisions271st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division325th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron

Front Forces:4th Guards and 333rd Rifle Divisions159th Fortified Region64th and 148th Tank Brigades5th and 6th Guards Separate Tank Regiments39th, 40th, and 59th Armored Train Battalions377th Antiaircraft Armored Train Battalion

Stalingrad Front—Colonel General A. I. Eremenko62nd Army—Lieutenant General V. I. Chuikov

13th, 37th, and 39th Guards and 45th, 95th, 112th, 138th, 193rd, 284th, and 308th Rifle Divisions

42nd, 92nd, 115th, 124th, 149th, and 160th Rifle Brigades84th Tank Brigade


93rd, 96th, and 97th Rifle Brigades29th, 38th, 157th, and 204th Rifle Divisions66th and 154th Naval Rifle Brigades20th Destroyer Brigade Separate Rifle Regiment (battalion)56th and 235th Tank Brigades38th Motorized Rifle Brigade165th Separate Tank Regiment28th Separate Armored Train Battalion

51st Army—Major General N. I. Trufanov91st, 126th, 300th, 302nd, and 315th Rifle Divisions4th Cavalry Corps—Lieutenant General T. T. Shapkin

61st and 81st Cavalry Divisions76th Fortified Region85th and 254th Tank Brigades

57th Army—Lieutenant General F. I. Tolbukhin15th and 36th Guards and 169th and 422nd Rifle Divisions143rd Rifle Brigade


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45th, 172nd, and 177th Separate Machine-Gun Artillery Battalions (76th FR)

4th Mechanized Corps—Major General of Tank Forces V. T. Vol’sky

36th, 59th, and 60th Mechanized Brigades55th and 158th Tank Regiments

13th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces T. I. Tanaschishin

17th, 61st, and 62nd Mechanized Brigades13th Tank Brigade

90th Tank Brigades35th Separate Tank Regiment44th Separate Armored Car Battalion

28th Army—Lieutenant General V. F. Gerasimenko34th Guards and 248th Rifle Divisions52nd, 152nd, and 159th Rifle Brigades78th and 116th Fortified RegionsSeparate Cavalry Regiment (battalion)6th Guards Tank Brigade565th Separate Tank Battalion35th Separate Armored Car Battalion30th, 33rd, and 46th Separate Armored Train Battalions

8th Air Army—Major General of Aviation T. T. Kriukin206th and 226th Assault Aviation Divisions268th and 287th Fighter Aviation Divisions270th Bomber Aviation Division272nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division289th Mixed Aviation Division8th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment633rd, 655th, and 932nd Mixed Aviation Regiments678th Transport Aviation Regiment

Front Forces:87th Rifle Division77th, 115th, and 156th Fortified Regions41st and 234th Separate Tank Regiments

C. The Organization of the Voronezh, Southwestern, Don, and Stalingrad Fronts, 15 December 1942 (from north to south)


161st, 167th, 237th, 240th, and 340th Rifle Divisions104th and 248th Rifle Brigades



7th Separate Destroyer Brigade96th and 150th Tank Brigades

60th Army—Colonel General I. D. Cherniakhovsky107th, 121st, 232nd, 303rd, and 305th Rifle Divisions14th Separate Destroyer Brigade180th Tank Brigade475th and 476th Separate Tank Battalions

40th Army—Colonel General K. S. Moskalenko100th, 141st, and 206th Rifle Divisions8th and 16th Separate Destroyer Brigades14th Tank Brigade44th Separate Armored Train Battalion

2nd Air Army (left under Voronezh Front control)244th Bomber Aviation Division878th Mixed Aviation Regiment

Front Forces:253rd Rifle Brigade25th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces P. P. Pavlov

111th, 162nd, and 175th Tank Brigades16th Motorized Rifle Brigade

86th Tank Brigade53rd Separate Motorcycle Battalion

Southwestern Front—Colonel General N. F. Vatutin6th Army—Lieutenant General F. M. Kharitonov

15th Rifle Corps—Major General P. F. Privalov172nd, 267th, and 350th Rifle Divisions

127th and 160th Rifle Divisions106th Rifle Brigade1st Destroyer Brigade17th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces P. P.

Poluboiarov66th, 67th, and 175th Tank Brigades31st Motorized Rifle Brigade

115th Tank Brigade82nd and 112th Separate Tank Regiments

1st Guards Army—Lieutenant General V. I. Kuznetsov4th Guards Rifle Corps—Major General N. A. Gagen

35th and 41st Guards and 195th Rifle Divisions6th Guards Rifle Corps—Colonel (Major General on 31

December) E. P. Alferov38th and 44th Guards and 1st Rifle Divisions

153rd Rifle Division


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62nd, 93rd, 94th, and 95th Separate Antitank Rifle Battalions18th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces B. S. Bakharov

110th, 170th, and 181st Tank Brigades32nd Motorized Rifle Brigade

24th (2nd Guards on 26 December) Tank Corps—Major General (Lieutenant General on 26 December) of Tank Forces V. M. Badanov

4th Guards and 54th and 130th Tank Brigades24th Motorized Rifle Brigade


126th and 141st Separate Tank Regiments52nd and 53rd Separate Motorcycle Battalions

3rd Guards Army—Lieutenant General D. D. Leliushenko14th Rifle Corps—Major General F. E. Sheverdin and Major

General A. S. Griaznov on 21 December14th and 50th Guards and 159th Rifle Divisions

197th, 203rd, 266th, and 278th Rifle Divisions90th and 94th Rifle Brigades1st Guards Mechanized Corps—Major General I. N. Russianov


22nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade114th, 119th, and 243rd Separate Tank Regiments50th and 54th Separate Motorcycle Battalions

5th Tank Army—Lieutenant General P. L. Romanenko and Lieutenant General M. M. Popov on 28 December

40th and 47th Guards and 119th, 321st, 333rd, and 346th Rifle Divisions



5th Mechanized Corps—Major General M. V. Volkov45th, 49th, and 50th Mechanized Brigades168th and 188th Tank Regiments

15th Guards Tank Brigade (1st Guards Tank Corps)8th Guards Tank Brigade8th Motorcycle Regiment510th and 511th Tank Battalions64th Separate Motorcycle Battalion




Shevchenko267th Assault Aviation Division288th Fighter Aviation Division

3rd Mixed Aviation Corps—Major General of Aviation V. I. Aladinsky

202nd Bomber Aviation Division290th Assault Aviation Division207th Fighter Aviation Division

221st Bomber Aviation Division262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division282nd Fighter Aviation Division23rd, 282nd, and 371st Mixed Aviation Divisions208th and 637th Assault Aviation Regiments4th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment10th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron

2nd Air Army (from the Voronezh Front)—Major General of Aviation K. N. Smirnov

227th Assault Aviation Division205th Fighter Aviation Division208th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division50th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment878th Mixed Aviation Regiment

Front Forces: None

Don Front—Colonel General K. K. Rokossovsky21st Army—Lieutenant General I. M. Chistiakov

51st and 52nd Guards and 96th, 120th, 252nd, 277th, 293rd, and 298th Rifle Divisions

5th Separate Destroyer Brigade1st, 21st, 60th, and 99th Separate Antitank Rifle Battalions

24th Army—Lieutenant General I. V. Galanin49th, 84th, 214th, 233rd, 260th, and 273rd Rifle Divisions54th Fortified Region10th Tank Brigade8th and 9th Guards Separate Tank Regiments

65th Army—Lieutenant General P. I. Batov27th Guards and 23rd, 24th, 173rd, and 304th Rifle Divisions59th and 64th Separate Antitank Rifle Battalions91st Tank Brigade5th and 10th Guards Separate Tank Regiments


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66th Army—Lieutenant General A. S. Zhadov64th, 99th, 116th, 226th, 299th, and 343rd Rifle Divisions159th Fortified Region63rd Separate Antitank Rifle Battalion58th Tank Brigade7th Guards Separate Tank Regiment

16th Air Army—Major General of Aviation S. I. Rudenko2nd Bomber Aviation Corps—Major General of Aviation

I. L. Turkel’223rd and 285th Bomber Aviation Divisions

220th and 283rd Fighter Aviation Divisions228th Assault Aviation Division271st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division16th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

Front Forces:1st Guards (former 26th) Tank Corps—Major General of Tank

Forces A. G. Rodin16th and 17th Guards Tank Brigades1st Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade

4th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces A. G. Kravchenko

45th, 69th, and 102nd Tank Brigades4th Motorized Rifle Brigade

16th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces A. G. Maslov107th, 109th, and 164th Tank Brigades16th Motorized Rifle Brigade

66th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd Separate Antitank Rifle Battalions

64th, 121st, and 148th Tank Brigades1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th Guards Separate Tank Regiments39th, 40th, and 377th Antiaircraft Armored Train Battalions

Stalingrad Front—Colonel General A. I. Eremenko2nd Guards Army—Lieutenant General R. Ia. Malinovsky

1st Guards Rifle Corps—Major General I. I. Missan24th and 33rd Guards and 98th Rifle Divisions

13th Guards Rifle Corps—Major General P. G. Chanchibadze3rd and 49th Guards and 387th Rifle Divisions

87th Rifle Division (less 1378th Rifle Regiment)2nd Guards Mechanized Corps—Major General K. V. Sviridov

4th, 5th, and 6th Guards Mechanized Brigades20th and 21st Guards Tank Regiments



5th Shock Army (formed 8 December)—Lieutenant General M. M. Popov and Colonel General V. D. Tsvetaev on 28 December

4th Guards and 258th, 300th, and 315th Rifle Divisions7th (3rd Guards on 29 December) Tank Corps—Major General

(Lieutenant General on 29 December) of Tank Forces P. A. Rotmistrov

3rd Guards and 62nd and 87th Tank Brigades7th Motorized Rifle Brigade

3rd Guards Cavalry Corps—Major General I. A. Pliev and Major General N. S. Oslikovsky on 28 December

5th and 6th Guards and 32nd Cavalry Divisions4th Cavalry Corps—Lieutenant General T. T. Shapkin

61st and 81st Cavalry Divisions28th Army—Lieutenant General V. F. Gerasimenko

34th Guards and 248th Rifle Divisions52nd, 152nd, and 159th Rifle Brigades78th and 116th Fortified Regions6th Guards Tank Brigade565th Separate Tank Battalion35th Separate Armored Car Battalion30th, 33rd, and 46th Separate Armored Train Battalions

51st Army—Major General N. I. Trufanov38th, 91st, 126th, and 302nd Rifle Divisions76th Fortified Region20th Destroyer Brigade1378th Rifle Regiment (87th Rifle Division)4th Mechanized Corps (3rd Guards Mechanized Corps on

18 December)—Major General of Tank Forces V. T. Vol’sky

36th, 59th, and 60th Mechanized Brigades55th and 158th Tank Regiments

13th Mechanized (former Tank) Corps—Major General of Tank Forces T. I. Tanaschishin

17th and 62nd Mechanized Brigades13th Tank Brigade

85th, 235th, and 254th Tank Brigades234th Separate Tank Regiment

57th Army—Lieutenant General F. I. Tolbukhin15th Guards and 422nd Rifle Divisions143rd Rifle Brigade156th Separate Motorized Rifle Battalion


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45th, 172nd, and 177th Separate Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion (76th FR)

61st Mechanized Brigade (13th Mechanized Corps)90th Tank Brigade35th Separate Tank Regiment

62nd Army—Lieutenant General V. I. Chuikov13th and 39th Guards and 45th, 95th, 138th, and 284th Rifle

Divisions42nd, 92nd, 124th, and 149th Rifle Brigades156th Fortified Region24th Separate Antitank Rifle Battalion


93rd, 96th, and 97th Rifle Brigades36th Guards and 29th, 38th, 157th, 169th, and 204th Rifle

Divisions66th and 154th Naval Rifle Brigades118th Fortified Region56th Tank Brigade38th Motorized Rifle Brigade166th Separate Tank Regiment28th Separate Armored Train Battalion

8th Air Army—Major General of Aviation T. T. Khriukin2nd Mixed Aviation Corps—Major General of Aviation

I. T. Eremenko214th Assault Aviation Division201st Fighter Aviation Divisions

206th and 226th Assault Aviation Divisions235th, 268th, and 287th Fighter Aviation Divisions 270th Bomber Aviation Division272nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division8th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment932nd Mixed Aviation Regiment678th Transport Aviation Regiment31st and 32nd Corrective Aviation Squadrons459th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

Stalingrad PVO [Anti–Air Defense] Corps Region—73rd Guards and 748th, 1077th, 1079th, 1080th, 1082nd, and

1083rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiments82nd, 106th, 188th, and 267th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions72nd, 122nd, 126th, 132nd, 137th, 141st, 142nd, and 181st

Separate Armored Trains (Antiaircraft)102nd PVO Fighter Aviation Division



Front Forces:37th Guards and 112th, 193rd, and 308th Rifle Divisions115th Rifle Brigade77th and 115th Fortified Regions41st, 139th, 189th, and 198th Separate Tank Regiments

D. The Organization of the Voronezh, Southwestern, Don, and Southern (former Stalingrad) Fronts, 1 January 1943 (from north to south)


167th, 237th, and 240th Rifle Divisions248th Rifle Brigade7th Separate Destroyer Brigade96th and 150th Tank Brigades (one tank company from each)

60th Army—Colonel General I. D. Cherniakhovsky100th, 121st, 206th, 232nd, and 303rd Rifle Divisions8th, 14th, and 16th Separate Destroyer Brigades14th and 180th Tank Brigades44th Separate Armored Train Battalion

40th Army—Colonel General K. S. Moskalenko25th Guards and 107th, 141st, and 309th Rifle Divisions253rd Rifle Brigade86th, 116th, and 192nd Tank Brigades26th Separate Armored Train Battalion

3rd Tank Army—Lieutenant General P. S. Rybalko48th Guards and 184th Rifle Divisions12th Tank Corps—Colonel V. A. Mitrofanov and Major General

of Tank Forces M. I. Zin’kovich (on 17 January)30th, 97th, and 106th Tank Brigades13th Motorized Rifle Brigade6th Separate Armored Car Battalion

15th Tank Corps—Major General of Tank Forces V. A. Koptsov88th, 113th, and 195th Tank Brigades52nd Motorized Rifle Brigade5th Separate Armored Car Battalion

179th Tank Brigade39th Separate Armored Car Battalion

2nd Air Army—Major General of Aviation K. N. Smirnov205th Fighter Aviation Division208th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division227th Assault Aviation Division


Table of ContentsList of Maps, Tables, and IllustrationsPrefaceList of Selected AbbreviationsAppendix 1. Opposing Orders of Battle, 19 November 1942–1 February 1943