Stalingrad - Preparations for Operation Uranus

The Soviet order of battle for Operation Uranus details the combat units of the Soviet forces that fought in

Operation Uranus Operation Uranus (russian: Опера́ция «Ура́н», Operatsiya "Uran") was the codename of the Soviet Red Army's 19–23 November 1942 strategic operation on the Eastern Front of World War II which led to the encirclement of Axis ...

, 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

Stavka representatives

* Army General G.K. Zhukov * Colonel-General of Artillery N.N. Voronov * Colonel-General A.M. VasilevskyBeevor (1998)

Voronezh Front

The

Voronezh Front The 1st Ukrainian Front (Russian: Пéрвый Украи́нский фронт), previously the Voronezh Front (Russian: Воронежский Фронт) was a major formation of the Soviet Army during World War II, being equivalent to a ...

was commanded by Colonel General

Filipp Golikov Filipp Ivanovich Golikov (russian: Фили́пп Ива́нович Го́ликов, links=no; July 30, 1900 – July 29, 1980) was a Soviet military commander. As chief of the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate), he is best known for failing to ...

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. * 38th Army (Lieutenant General

Nikandr Chibisov Colonel General Nikandr Evlampievich Chibisov (russian: Никандр Евлампиевич Чибисов; November 5 ( O.S. October 24), 1892 in stanitsa Romanovskaya (Rostov Oblast) – 20 September 1959 in Minsk) was a Soviet military comma ...

) ** 161st Rifle Division ** 167th Rifle Division **

237th Rifle Division The 237th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed in the months just before the start of the German invasion, based on the ''shtat'' (table of organization and equipment A table of organization and equipment (TO ...

** 240th Rifle Division ** 340th Rifle Division ** 104th Rifle Brigade ** 248th Rifle Brigade ** 7th Separate Destroyer Brigade ** 96th Tank Brigade ** 150th Tank Brigade *

60th Army The Red Army's 60th Army was a Soviet field army during the Second World War. It was first formed in reserve in the Moscow Military District in October 1941, but soon was disbanded. It was formed a second time in July 1942, and continued in servi ...

(Colonel General Ivan Chernyakhovsky) ** 107th Rifle Division **

121st Rifle Division The 121st Rifle Division () was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. Formed in September 1939 in Belarus, the division participated in the Soviet invasion of Poland later that month and in the June 1940 occupation of Lithuani ...

** 232nd Rifle Division ** 303rd Rifle Division ** 305th Rifle Division ** 14th Separate Destroyer Brigade ** 180th Tank Brigade ** 475th Separate Tank Battalion ** 476th Separate Tank Battalion * 40th Army (Colonel General

Kirill Moskalenko Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko (russian: Кирилл Семёнович Москаленко, uk, Кирило Семенович Москаленко; May 11, 1902 – June 17, 1985) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. A member of the Soviet Arm ...

) ** 100th Rifle Division ** 141st Rifle Division ** 206th Rifle Division ** 8th Separate Destroyer Brigade ** 16th Separate Destroyer Brigade ** 14th Tank Brigade ** 44th Separate Armored Train Battalion * 6th Army (Lieutenant General

Fyodor Kharitonov Fyodor Mikhailovich Kharitonov (24 January 1899 – 28 May 1943) was a Soviet military leader, participant of the Eastern Front (World War II), Great Patriotic War, Lieutenant general, Lieutenant General. Biography Born on 24 January 1899 in t ...

) ** 25th Guards Rifle Division ** 127th Rifle Division **

160th Rifle Division The 160th Rifle Division of the Soviet Union's Red Army may refer to: * 160th Rifle Division (1940 formation) * 160th Rifle Division (1941 formation) {{Short pages monitor