Historical images and commander records

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Aleksey Zhadov

Mil.ru

Unknown date

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Alexander Lizyukov

Mil.ru

до 23 июля 1942 года.

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Alexander Sokolsky

Mil.ru / Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation; photographer identified elsewhere as Pyotr Bernstein

Summer 1945 (Commons file description)

Alexander Sokolsky is seated at left in the balloon basket; Konstantin Rokossovsky stands beside him. Photograph is from 1945, after this scenario.

Andrei Grechko

Mil.ru

1960

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Anton Lopatin

Mil.ru

Unknown date

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Corneliu Dragalina

Unknown photographer

2014-04-01 18:07:04

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Dmitry Kozlov

Mil.ru / Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

Undated; Commons date unverified

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Dmitry Lelyushenko

Unknown author Unknown author

1942

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Dmitry Ryabyshev

Mil.ru

Unknown date

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Eberhard von Mackensen

Mendl

January 1944

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Ernst-Eberhard Hell

Unknown photographer

circa 1943

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Friedrich Kirchner

Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1997-018-33 / CC-BY-SA 3.0

1940

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Fyodor Kharitonov

Unknown photographer

1942

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Fyodor Tolbukhin

Mil.ru

1945

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Gabriele Nasci

Unknown photographer

before 12 april 1947

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Georg Stumme

Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1980-009-34 / CC-BY-SA 3.0

1940

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Giovanni Messe

Official photograph of Kingdom of Italy with no credited author

1941

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Grigory Kotov

Mil.ru

before 1940

CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image and caption

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Gustav Fehn

Unknown German photographer

1942-03-04

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Gustav von Wietersheim

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

1938-02

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György Rakovszky

Unknown photographer

before 1945

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Hans von Obstfelder

Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-263-1595-32 / Baumann / CC-BY-SA 3.0

9 February 1944

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Hans-Valentin Hube

Unknown photographer

1942

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Archival photograph of Hungarian troops riding in an extended convoy of open military trucks on a rural road.

Hungarian military convoy of Krupp trucks and artillery tractors, Eastern Front, 1942.

FOTO:FORTEPAN / Csorba Dániel

1942

Fortepan photograph 25176, donor Csorba Dániel. Representative photograph, not an identification of III, IV or VII Corps or its commander. Commons thumbnail; no local edits.

Ilya Smirnov

Mil.ru

1948

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Ioan Mihail Racoviță

Unknown photographer

Unknown date

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Ivan Chernyakhovsky

Unknown author.

февраль-июнь 1943 года

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Ivan Chistyakov

Unknown photographer

1943

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Ivan Galanin

Mil.ru

circa 1942

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Ivan Petrov (army general)

Mil.ru

between 1945 and 1948

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Karl Strecker

Unknown photographer

1943-02

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Karl-Adolf Hollidt

Unknown photographer or not provided

circa 1948

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Kirill Moskalenko

Mil.ru

Unknown date

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Konstantin Koroteyev

Mil.ru

1943

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Konstantin Leselidze

Mil.ru

Unknown date

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Lajos Csatay

MFI/Magyar Film Iroda

1944

CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image and caption

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Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg

Unknown photographer

1935

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Markian Popov

Mil.ru

Unknown date

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Maxim Antonyuk

Mil.ru / Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

Unknown date

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Maximilian de Angelis

Kintscher

May 1943

Group photograph: de Angelis is the officer at far right; Kleist stands second from right.

Mikhail Shumilov

Mil.ru

Unknown date

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Nikolai Kirichenko

Unknown photographer; Krasnaya Bashkiriya newspaper, 20 October 1942; via Wikimedia Commons

1942

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Nikolai Krylov

Mil.ru / Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation; photographer: Алексеев Ю.А

1960s

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Nikolai Pukhov

Mil.ru

1950s

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Nikolai Trufanov

Unknown photographer

1942

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Otto von Knobelsdorff

Unknown photographer

1944-01-01

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Pavel Batov

Mil.ru

Unknown date

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Pavel Rybalko

Mil.ru

1938

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Prokofy Romanenko

Mil.ru

between 1944 and 1949

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Archival photograph of a column of German infantry and a horse-drawn wagon silhouetted along a horizon, August 1942.

German infantry on the march, southern Soviet Union, August 1942.

Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-217-0492-09 / Dieck / CC-BY-SA 3.0

August 1942

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Archival photograph of German infantry resting beside an armoured half-track in the southern Soviet Union, 1942

German infantry resting beside an armoured half-track, southern Soviet Union, 1942.

Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-218-0524-31 / Seibold / CC-BY-SA 3.0

1942

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Archival photograph of Italian soldiers leading loaded mules through a village on the Eastern Front, July 1942.

Italian troops with mules, Eastern Front, July 1942.

Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B27180 / Lachmann / CC-BY-SA 3.0

July 1942

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Archival photograph of Soviet T-34 tanks and their crews inside a factory; the archive dates the photograph to 1942.

T-34 production, Soviet Union, 1942 (archive date).

RIA Novosti archive, image #1274 / V. Kaushanov / CC-BY-SA 3.0

1942 (archive date)

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The archive metadata gives 1 February 1942, which has not been independently corroborated. The current Commons description also names the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps, while the embedded archive description says tanks from the Uralmash workshops. Use the neutral T-34 production caption; do not assert an exact month, named formation, battle or selected counter.

Archival photograph of Soviet infantry with submachine guns moving among brick ruins in Stalingrad, September 1942.

Soviet infantry among ruined buildings in Stalingrad, September 1942.

RIA Novosti archive, image #602770 / Zelma / CC-BY-SA 3.0

September 1942

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Rodion Malinovsky

Mil.ru

1958-11-22

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Archival photograph of Romanian infantrymen in helmets beside earthworks on the steppe.

Romanian soldiers in the Don/Stalingrad area, 1942.

Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-218-0501-27 / Lechner / CC-BY-SA 3.0

1942

Representative historical photograph; not the named commander or an identification of this exact formation.

Rudolf Freiherr von Roman

Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-088-3724-06A / Thiemann; cropped by Vasyatka1 / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

2011-03-15 06:53

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Rudolf Konrad

Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe, 3/2/0/-/1393 / Knodler

1942-08-03

Official archive identifies Konrad as third from left and Ruoff as second from right in the first rank. Konrad is the large centre-foreground officer; small officers farther back are not counted in that leading row. Keep this identifying caption with the group photo.

Rudolf Veiel

Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1984-018-08A / CC-BY-SA 3.0

1940

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Vasily Chuikov

Mil.ru

Late 1950s–early 1960s

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Vasily Ivanovich Kuznetsov

Mil.ru / Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

1942

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Viktor von Schwedler

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

1938-02

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Vladimir Kolpakchi

Mil.ru

during or after 1945

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Walter Heitz

Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-2005-0428-501 / Dorneth / CC-BY-SA 3.0

October 1936

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Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach

Unknown photographer

03.02.1942

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Werner Kempf

Mahla

1943-06

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Willibald von Langermann und Erlencamp

Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1981-101-24 / CC-BY-SA 3.0

1942

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/LVKorps-R.htm

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Command records

LV Corps · Corps commander

Rudolf Freiherr von Roman · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

XIII Corps · Corps commander

Erich Straube · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/XIIIKorps-R.htm

XXIV Panzer Corps · Corps commander

Willibald von Langermann und Erlencamp · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-03 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Otto von Knobelsdorff · 1942-10-03 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Otto von Knobelsdorff · 1942-10-06 to 1942-11-30 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Martin Wandel · 1942-11-30 to 1943-01-14 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Arno Jahr · 1943-01-14 to 1943-01-20 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Karl Eibl · 1943-01-20 to 1943-01-21 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Otto Heidkämper · 1943-01-21 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Wandel was killed on 14 January; Jahr and Eibl each succeeded briefly. Heidkämper led surviving staff from 21 January. These are historical command records, not scripted casualty or surrender events.

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/KorpsPz/XXIVPzKorps-R.htm

XLVIII Panzer Corps · Corps commander

Werner Kempf · 1942-06-28 to 1942-09-28 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Rudolf Veiel · 1942-09-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Rudolf Veiel · 1942-10-06 to 1942-11-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Ferdinand Heim · 1942-11-01 to 1942-11-19 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Hans Cramer · 1942-11-19 to 1942-11-26 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Heinrich Eberbach · 1942-11-26 to 1942-11-30 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Otto von Knobelsdorff · 1942-11-30 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

Lexikon dates appointment 30 November; Balsi and specialist accounts date physical takeover 4 December. The 30 November snapshot follows the appointment chronology. · Appointment date; assumption of command disputed · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Post-September sequence follows the corps chronology. September and earlier Kempf/Veiel history is preserved from the existing catalogue. Some sources end Cramer on 25 November; the next dated appointment is 26 November.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXXXVIII_Panzer_Corps

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/KorpsPz/XXXXVIIIPzKorps-R.htm

Hungarian III Corps · Corps commander

György Rakovszky · 1942-06-28 to 1942-07-22 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

János Dömötör · 1942-07-22 to 1942-12-05 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Marcell Stomm · 1942-12-05 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

5 December arrival/assumption; an archival-based biography footnote gives formal handover 6 December. No turn begins between those dates. · Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Replaces the previous June-only snapshot with field command chronology, printed page 39. Territorial appointments and field command dates are not interchangeable.

https://www.niehorster.org/015_hungary/oob/corps_03.html

https://www.vamadia.rs/sites/default/files/2020-12/53_Molnar_Tibor_Zenta_es_Magyarkanizsa_kozsegek_II._vilghaborus_hosi_halotjai_2003_.pdf

VII Corps · Corps commander

Ernst-Eberhard Hell · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/VIIKorps-R.htm

XXIX Corps · Corps commander

Hans von Obstfelder · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/XXIXKorps-R.htm

VIII Corps · Corps commander

Walter Heitz · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/VIIIKorps-R.htm

XVII Corps · Corps commander

Karl-Adolf Hollidt · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Karl-Adolf Hollidt · 1942-10-06 to 1942-12-07 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Dietrich von Choltitz · 1942-12-07 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Hollidt moves to the higher army detachment; do not attach that higher command to this corps indefinitely.

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/XVIIKorps-R.htm

XL Panzer Corps · Corps commander

Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg · 1942-06-28 to 1942-09-30 (end date exclusive)

NARA T314 roll 962, KTB 4, item 27759/1, frames 70–72 records Geyr assuming command on 28 June 1942; this supersedes conflicting secondary July dates. · From 28 June 1942

Gustav Fehn · 1942-09-30 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Gustav Fehn · 1942-10-06 to 1942-11-13 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Sigfrid Henrici · 1942-11-13 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

Formally confirmed 1 January 1943; same person. Not Gotthard Heinrici. · Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

NARA T314 roll 962, KTB 4, item 27759/1, frames 70–72 records Geyr assuming command on 28 June 1942; this supersedes conflicting secondary July dates. The corps summary page has a misleading Eberbach/Gotthard Heinrici sequence under 1942. Henrici biography and independent corps list agree on Sigfrid Henrici from 13 November 1942. NARA-based June command correction is retained.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/317534723

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Geyr_von_Schweppenburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXXX_Panzer_Corps

https://lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/H/HenriciS-R.htm

LI Corps · Corps commander

Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach · 1942-10-06 to 1943-01-25 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Walter Heitz · 1943-01-25 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

Paulus removed Seydlitz after his 25 January surrender discretion order and placed his divisions under Heitz. This identifies historical superior command, not a new independent LI Corps commander. · Historical transfer of control · Published service chronology / secondary reference

The historical command transfer is displayed even when the player preserves the counter; it does not force capitulation.

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SeydlitzWv-R.htm

https://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_stalingrad_2_leaders_forces_plans.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Heitz

III Panzer Corps · Corps commander

Eberhard von Mackensen · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

NARA T314 roll 194, item 32375/1, frames 351, 356–358 establishes Mackensen before and during the opening; XL corps diary records Geyr taking that separate command on 28 June. · Historical commander for this turn

Eberhard von Mackensen · 1942-10-06 to 1942-11-22 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Felix Steiner · 1942-11-22 to 1943-01-02 (end date exclusive)

Temporary November–January command corroborated by Slaughterhouse. Exact 22 November boundary follows Orders of Battle; the shortened Lexikon list omits this acting appointment. · Acting command; secondary chronology · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Hermann Breith · 1943-01-02 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

NARA T314 roll 194, item 32375/1, frames 351, 356–358 establishes Mackensen before and during the opening; XL corps diary records Geyr taking that separate command on 28 June. Do not extend Mackensen through December after his promotion to First Panzer Army. Earlier NARA-based opening corrections are retained.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/316595802

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/KorpsPz/IIIPzKorps-R.htm

https://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitAppointments?DirX=0&PageIndex=1&RolX=0&UniX=7131

XI Corps · Corps commander

Karl Strecker · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/XIKorps-R.htm

XLIV Corps · Corps commander

Maximilian de Angelis · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/XXXXIVKorps-R.htm

Romanian VI Corps · Corps commander

Corneliu Dragalina · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Corneliu Dragalina · 1942-10-06 to 1942-12-16 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Field command uncertain · 1942-12-16 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive) · Historical command uncertain

Dragalina was recalled from the front on 16 December but formally retained the corps appointment until March. No verified field deputy succession was established; do not imply he remained physically in command in the field. · Historical command uncertain · Sources conflict or do not establish a dated successor

Retains the distinction between nominal appointment and recalled field commander.

https://www.ligamilitarilor.ro/fara-categorie/general-de-corp-de-armata-corneliu-dragalina/

https://www.worldwar2.ro/generali/?article=90

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneliu_Dragalina

IV Corps · Corps commander

Viktor von Schwedler · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Viktor von Schwedler · 1942-10-06 to 1942-11-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Erwin Jaenecke · 1942-11-01 to 1943-01-17 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Max Pfeffer · 1943-01-17 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

This is the original corps inside Stalingrad, not the simultaneously forming Mieth headquarters outside the pocket.

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/IVKorps-R.htm

XLIX Mountain Corps · Corps commander

Rudolf Konrad · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/KorpsGeb/XXXXIXGebKorps-R.htm

LII Corps · Corps commander

Eugen Ott · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Eugen Ott (1890–1966), General der Infanterie and LII Corps commander, is distinct from the namesake diplomat Eugen Ott (1889–1977). A reusable portrait of this corps commander has not been verified. The card therefore shows a labelled 1942 German infantry photograph, which does not identify Ott or LII Corps.

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/LIIKorps-R.htm

https://generals.dk/general/Ott/Eugen/Germany.html

Italian CSIR · Corps commander

Giovanni Messe · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Giovanni Messe · 1942-10-06 to 1942-11-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Francesco Zingales · 1942-11-01 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

CSIR was renamed XXXV Corps in July; Zingales succeeded Messe on 1 November.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Army_in_Russia

https://generals.dk/general/Zingales/Francesco/Italy.html

XIV Panzer Corps · Corps commander

Gustav von Wietersheim · 1942-06-28 to 1942-09-14 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Hans-Valentin Hube · 1942-09-14 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Hans-Valentin Hube · 1942-10-06 to 1943-01-17 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Helmuth Schlömer · 1943-01-17 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

Some service lists start on 18 January. Either boundary produces the same January 19 turn snapshot. Schlömer was historically captured on 29 January; this final-turn snapshot identifies the commander at the start of that date and does not force counterfactual surrender. · Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Hube was flown out; the January historical commander is Schlömer.

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/KorpsPz/XIVPzKorps-R.htm

Romanian Cavalry Corps · Corps commander

Ioan Mihail Racoviță · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Ioan Mihail Racoviță · 1942-10-06 to 1942-11-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Command handover disputed · 1942-11-01 to 1943-01-01 (end date exclusive) · Historical command uncertain

Cialâk service chronology begins 1 November, while Racoviță chronology ends 1 January. The sources do not settle physical field handover. · Historical command uncertain · Sources conflict or do not establish a dated successor

Gheorghe Cialâk · 1943-01-01 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

Also spelled Cealik/Cialîk. By January both command chronologies place the succession on the new commander. · Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

The November–December disputed overlap is shown explicitly rather than silently selecting one incompatible appointment list.

https://www.worldwar2.ro/generali/?article=91

https://generals.dk/general/Racovi%C5%A3%C4%83/Mihail/Romania.html

https://generals.dk/general/Cial%C3%A2k/Gheorghe/Romania.html

Hungarian IV Corps · Corps commander

Lajos Csatay · 1942-07-08 to 1942-08-28 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Ferenc Farkas · 1942-08-28 to 1942-09-18 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

János Legeza · 1942-09-18 to 1942-10-08 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Lajos Csatay · 1942-10-08 to 1942-12-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

József Heszlényi · 1942-12-06 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

Formal appointment is listed as 3 December in service summaries; 6 December is the documented takeover in the operational theater. Turn 33 begins 5 December, so this distinction matters. · Field assumption of command · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Field chronology follows Molnár, printed page 40, and Hadtörténelmi Közlemények archival diary annotation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IV_Corps_(Hungary)

https://www.vamadia.rs/sites/default/files/2020-12/53_Molnar_Tibor_Zenta_es_Magyarkanizsa_kozsegek_II._vilghaborus_hosi_halotjai_2003_.pdf

https://epa.oszk.hu/00000/00018/00065/pdf/EPA00018_hadtortenelmi_2007_01_247-314.pdf

Italian II Corps · Corps commander

Giovanni Zanghieri · 1942-07-18 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

https://www.regioesercito.it/pages/09-ARMIR%20AL%209%20LUGLIO%201942.pdf

https://generals.dk/general/Zanghieri/Giovanni/Italy.html

Italian Alpine Corps · Corps commander

Gabriele Nasci · 1942-08-20 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_Nasci

https://generals.dk/general/Nasci/Gabriele/Italy.html

13th Army · Army commander

Nikolai Pukhov · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Commander throughout scenario. Sources disagree on January accession date, irrelevant to this scope.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Army_(Soviet_Union)

https://www.ww2.dk/new/army/armies/13oa.htm

https://generals.dk/general/Pukhov/Nikolai_Pavlovich/Soviet_Union.html

40th Army · Army commander

Mikhail Parsegov · 1942-06-28 to 1942-07-03 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Command record uncertain · 1942-07-03 to 1942-07-04 (end date exclusive) · Sources differ for this period

Handover is listed as 3 July in Popov biography and 4 July in service chronology. · Sources differ for this period

Markian Popov · 1942-07-04 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Markian Popov · 1942-10-06 to 1942-10-25 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Kirill Moskalenko · 1942-10-25 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_Army_(1941–1945)

https://generals.dk/general/Popov/Markian_Mikhailovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Попов,_Маркиан_Михайлович

https://generals.dk/general/Moskalenko/Kirill_Semenovich/Soviet_Union.html

21st Army · Army commander

Aleksei Danilov · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Aleksei Danilov · 1942-10-06 to 1942-10-15 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Ivan Chistyakov · 1942-10-15 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

Russian detailed army list and Generals.dk give 15 October. Broad English narrative says early November. No new Gordov command in October 1942: its 15 October passage refers to 1941. · Appointment date from service chronologies · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Danilov succeeded Gordov on 6 June; Chistyakov took over after the original summer endpoint; his winter accession is covered below. Uses the detailed dated appointment rather than the broad November narrative.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/21-я_армия_(СССР)

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/Glantz-lp7.pdf

https://generals.dk/general/Danilov/Aleksei_Ilich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Chistiakov/Ivan_Mikhailovich/Soviet_Union.html

28th Army · Army commander

Dmitry Ryabyshev · 1942-06-28 to 1942-07-04 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Vasily Kryuchyonkin · 1942-07-04 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Vasily Kryuchyonkin · 1942-10-06 to 1942-10-14 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Pavel Batov · 1942-10-14 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

Batov commanded Fourth Tank from 14 October; the same headquarters became 65th Army on 22 October. Some English summaries conflate those two dates. · Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Same commander across the scenario’s 23 July 4th Tank Army conversion. Sources distinguish the 22 July order from the 1 August administrative formation; no new commander on conversion. The commander changes before the formation name. No new counter or commander at the 65th Army redesignation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Army_(Soviet_Union)

https://generals.dk/general/Kriuchenkin/Vasilii_Dmitrievich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Batov/Pavel_Ivanovich/Soviet_Union.html

38th Army · Army commander

Kirill Moskalenko · 1942-06-28 to 1942-08-07 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

No single historical commander · 1942-08-07 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive) · Pooled formation

No unified commander for the scenario’s 62nd Army mobile-group remnants. · Pooled formation

Moskalenko commanded 38th Army then 1st Tank Army. Exact formation dates differ from scenario events. Never map the later 38th Army under Chibisov onto this continuous counter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_Army_(Soviet_Union)

https://generals.dk/general/Moskalenko/Kirill_Semenovich/Soviet_Union.html

9th Army · Army commander

Anton Lopatin · 1942-06-28 to 1942-07-14 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Feofan Parkhomenko · 1942-07-14 to 1942-08-08 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Vladimir Marcinkiewicz · 1942-08-08 to 1942-08-29 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Command record uncertain · 1942-08-29 to 1942-09-04 (end date exclusive) · Historical command unavailable

Sources differ on 28/29 August relief; successor is documented from 4 September. · Historical command unavailable

Konstantin Koroteev · 1942-09-04 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

English army summary overlaps Lopatin and Parkhomenko; 14 July follows the detailed Russian list. Marcinkiewicz also transliterated Martsinkevich.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-я_армия_(СССР)

https://generals.dk/general/Martsinkevich/Vladimir_Nikolaevich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Koroteev/Konstantin_Apolinovich/Soviet_Union.html

37th Army · Army commander

Pyotr Kozlov · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

https://generals.dk/general/Kozlov/Petr_Mikhailovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://origin.armedconflicts.com/37th-Army-t79823

12th Army · Army commander

Andrei Grechko · 1942-06-28 to 1942-09-04 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Alexander Sokolsky · 1942-09-04 to 1942-09-13 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Nikolai Kirichenko · 1942-09-13 to 1942-09-20 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

No single historical commander · 1942-09-20 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive) · Pooled formation

Tuapse field group retains survivors for gameplay after Twelfth Army headquarters ceased. Subordination to Eighteenth Army does not establish one commander for this pooled counter. · Pooled formation · Explicit scenario abstraction

If the game retains 12th Army beyond dissolution, use an explicit historical-command-unavailable fallback, not Grechko indefinitely. Acting commander is Alexander Kuzmich Sokolsky (1903–1979), verified in Ministry of Defence biography. The winter scenario calls this Tuapse field group (12th Army survivors), not a surviving Twelfth Army headquarters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Grechko

https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/pamyat-commander1172/

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-я_армия_(СССР)

https://samsv.narod.ru/Arm/a12/arm.html

18th Army · Army commander

Fyodor Kamkov · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Fyodor Kamkov · 1942-10-06 to 1942-10-19 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Andrei Grechko · 1942-10-19 to 1943-01-05 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Alexander Ryzhov · 1943-01-05 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Army_(Soviet_Union)

https://www.armedconflicts.com/18th-Army-t34361

https://generals.dk/general/Kamkov/Fedor_Vasilevich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Grechko/Andrei_Antonovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Ryzhov/Aleksandr_Ivanovich/Soviet_Union.html

24th Army · Army commander

Ilya Smirnov · 1942-06-28 to 1942-07-15 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Vladimir Marcinkiewicz · 1942-07-15 to 1942-08-07 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

No single historical commander · 1942-08-07 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive) · Pooled formation

Field-remnants and later 58th Army cadre-group counters are scenario abstractions without a verified unified commander. · Pooled formation

Historical headquarters lineage: Vasily Khomenko commanded old 24th Army 7–23 August and 58th Army from 1 September. This is background only, not proof he commanded the scenario’s retained field-remnants pool. Separate new24 counter is Dmitry Kozlov, not Khomenko.

https://generals.dk/general/Smirnov/Ilia_Kornilovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Martsinkevich/Vladimir_Nikolaevich/Soviet_Union.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_Army_(Soviet_Union)

56th Army · Army commander

Viktor Tsyganov · 1942-06-28 to 1942-07-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Alexander Ryzhov · 1942-07-01 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Alexander Ryzhov · 1942-10-06 to 1943-01-05 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Andrei Grechko · 1943-01-05 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

Grechko service record dates assumption 5 January; Ryzhov page erroneously overlaps command to 15 January while also placing him at Eighteenth Army from 5 January. · Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

https://www.valka.cz/56-armada-1941-1943-t35978

https://generals.dk/general/Ryzhov/Aleksandr_Ivanovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Grechko/Andrei_Antonovich/Soviet_Union.html

51st Army · Army commander

Aleksei Mikhailovich Kuznetsov · 1942-06-28 to 1942-07-02 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Nikolai Trufanov · 1942-07-02 to 1942-07-22 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Command record uncertain · 1942-07-22 to 1942-07-26 (end date exclusive) · Sources differ for this period

Detailed lists assign Yakov Cherevichenko 22–26 July; an archival-order transcription instead says Kolomiets took acting command on 23 July. Avoid a certain single portrait during this interval. · Sources differ for this period

Trofim Kolomiets · 1942-07-26 to 1942-09-05 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Aleksei Mikhailovich Kuznetsov · 1942-09-05 to 1942-09-27 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Trofim Kolomiets · 1942-09-27 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Trofim Kolomiets · 1942-10-06 to 1942-10-07 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Nikolai Trufanov · 1942-10-07 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Do not confuse Aleksei Mikhailovich Kuznetsov with Vasily Ivanovich or Fyodor Isidorovich Kuznetsov. Trufanov’s return was 7 October, outside the original summer scope, now covered.

https://generals.dk/general/Kuznetsov/Aleksei_Mikhailovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Trufanov/Nikolai_Ivanovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Kolomiets/Trofim_Kalinovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://samsv.narod.ru/Arm/a51/arm.html

https://don1942.ru/oborona-sovetskikh-vojsk-v-nizhnem-techenii-dona-letom-1942-goda/item/vossozdanie-51-j-armii

47th Army · Army commander

Grigory Kotov · 1942-06-28 to 1942-09-08 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Command record uncertain · 1942-09-08 to 1942-09-18 (end date exclusive) · Sources differ for this period

Grechko memoir and Valka place handover on 8 September; detailed army list gives 18 September. · Sources differ for this period

Andrei Grechko · 1942-09-18 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Andrei Grechko · 1942-10-06 to 1942-10-19 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Fyodor Kamkov · 1942-10-19 to 1943-01-25 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Konstantin Leselidze · 1943-01-25 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

If choosing one handover for display, 8 September has memoir support; retain the source discrepancy in a note.

https://www.valka.cz/47-armada-1941-1946-t31746

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/47-я_армия_(СССР)

https://nurembergtrial.histrf.ru/articles/tags/wars/20/952/t43531/

https://generals.dk/general/Grechko/Andrei_Antonovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Kamkov/Fedor_Vasilevich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Leselidze/Konstantin_Nikolaevich/Soviet_Union.html

44th Army · Army commander

Andrei Khryashchev · 1942-06-28 to 1942-08-02 (end date exclusive)

June–July identity is supported by army histories; 2 August cutoff follows Zalessky. Grechko memoir still identifies Khryashchev in the early-August defense plan. Biographical lists contain inconsistent termination dates. · Historical commander for this turn

Command record uncertain · 1942-08-02 to 1942-08-26 (end date exclusive) · Sources differ for this period

Khryashchev relief dates in sources range from 2 June/July to 2/10 August; Petrov is securely documented from 26 August. No certain single commander is assigned in this handover interval. · Sources differ for this period

Ivan Yefimovich Petrov · 1942-08-26 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Ivan Yefimovich Petrov · 1942-10-06 to 1942-10-10 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Kondrat Melnik · 1942-10-10 to 1942-11-25 (end date exclusive)

Dated army histories give Melnik 10 October–25 November. Some broad lists insert acting Grigory Kotov during October–November without reliable day boundaries; Generals.dk lists Kotov as deputy. Do not fabricate exact acting dates. · Listed commander; acting command disputed · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Vasily Khomenko · 1942-11-25 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

25 November agrees with service chronology and detailed army list; broad Wikipedia summary says 21 November. · Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Khryashchev is the supported June–July commander. Exact end of command is disputed; the earlier 2 July cutoff in this research was overly conservative after cross-checking Grechko’s memoir. Petrov’s accession is dated 26 August in Russian State Archive biographical material. Do not extend Petrov back into June. Uses the detailed Melnik/Khomenko sequence while retaining the unresolved acting-command discrepancy.

https://generals.dk/general/Khriashchev/Andrei_Alekseevich/Soviet_Union.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Army

https://projects.rusarchives.ru/rgafd/War-history-USSR-fono-RGAFD/files/assets/common/downloads/publication.pdf

https://litresp.ru/chitat/ru/Г/grechko-a-a/bitva-za-kavkaz

https://www.soldat.ru/files/f/000001b0.pdf

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Хрящев,_Андрей_Алексеевич

https://samsv.narod.ru/Arm/a44/arm.html

https://generals.dk/general/Khomenko/Vasilii_Afanasevich/Soviet_Union.html

5th Tank Army · Army commander

Alexander Lizyukov · 1942-06-28 to 1942-07-15 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

No single historical commander · 1942-07-15 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive) · Pooled formation

Fifth Tank Army was dissolved in mid-July. Thereafter counter is a pool of surviving tank corps, with no single historical commander. · Pooled formation

Scenario event uses 17 July; accounts vary 15–19 July. Do not attach Rybalko or Romanenko of the later formation to this pool.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Tank_Army

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lizyukov

https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.1614183.8

Bryansk mobile reserve · Army commander

No single historical commander · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive) · Pooled formation

Multiple formations pooled for gameplay; no historical unified commander. · Pooled formation

Scenario pool combining multiple formations; no single historical commander.

https://www.soldat.ru/files/f/boevoj_sostav_sa_1942.pdf

Southwest mobile reserve · Army commander

No single historical commander · 1942-06-28 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive) · Pooled formation

Multiple formations pooled for gameplay; no historical unified commander. · Pooled formation

Scenario pool combining multiple formations; no single historical commander.

https://www.soldat.ru/files/f/boevoj_sostav_sa_1942.pdf

7th Reserve Army · Army commander

Vladimir Kolpakchi · 1942-06-28 to 1942-08-03 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Anton Lopatin · 1942-08-03 to 1942-09-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Nikolai Krylov · 1942-09-06 to 1942-09-10 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Vasily Chuikov · 1942-09-10 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

10 September is the formal service-list date; accounts of physical assumption of command say 11 or 12 September. · Historical commander for this turn

Kolpakchi also commanded 7th Reserve Army. The 10 July redesignation does not change commander. Army-summary claim that Chuikov commanded from mid-August is erroneous.

https://generals.dk/general/Kolpakchi/Vladimir_Iakovlevich/Soviet_Union.html

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/62-я_армия

https://generals.dk/general/Chuikov/Vasilii_Ivanovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://stalingrad.vpravda.ru/stati/80-let-nazad-12-sentyabrya-1942-goda-v-dni-nachala-samyh-strashnyh-boev-v-stalingrade-komanduyushchim-62-y-armiey-stal

https://don1942.ru/oborona-sovetskikh-vojsk-v-nizhnem-techenii-dona-letom-1942-goda/item/balans-sil

5th Reserve Army · Army commander

Vasily Ivanovich Kuznetsov · 1942-06-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

June reserve-army identification is supported by archive-referenced Don1942 narrative; 63rd Army commander from July. · Historical commander for this turn

Vasily Ivanovich Kuznetsov · 1942-10-06 to 1942-11-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Dmitry Lelyushenko · 1942-11-01 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

Appointment/order date 1 November precedes the scenario effective redesignation to First Guards on 5 November. Command is continuous when the same field headquarters becomes Third Guards on 5 December. · Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Same person through 5th Reserve → 63rd Army. Generals.dk reserve formation number is inconsistent, so use the archive-referenced source for June. This counter follows 63rd → November First Guards → Third Guards. The new December First Guards under Kuznetsov has a separate ID.

https://don1942.ru/oborona-sovetskikh-vojsk-v-nizhnem-techenii-dona-letom-1942-goda/item/balans-sil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_Army_(Soviet_Union)

https://generals.dk/general/Kuznetsov/Vasilii_Ivanovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Leliushenko/Dmitrii_Danilovich/Soviet_Union.html

1st Reserve Army · Army commander

Vasily Chuikov · 1942-06-28 to 1942-08-04 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Mikhail Shumilov · 1942-08-04 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Chuikov is documented commanding 1st Reserve Army from May. Russian Wikipedia lists Gordov before 22 July, but this is contradicted by Chuikov service chronology, English army list, and reserve narrative; do not propagate Gordov without stronger evidence.

https://generals.dk/general/Chuikov/Vasilii_Ivanovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64th_Army_(Soviet_Union)

https://don1942.ru/oborona-sovetskikh-vojsk-v-nizhnem-techenii-dona-letom-1942-goda/item/balans-sil

https://generals.dk/general/Shumilov/Mikhail_Stepanovich/Soviet_Union.html

60th Army · Army commander

Maxim Antonyuk · 1942-07-07 to 1942-07-25 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Ivan Chernyakhovsky · 1942-07-25 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Antonyuk commanded preceding 3rd Reserve Army from 3 July; source lists sometimes date 60th formation to 10 July rather than scenario’s 7 July.

https://don1942.ru/oborona-sovetskikh-vojsk-v-nizhnem-techenii-dona-letom-1942-goda/item/balans-sil

https://military.wikireading.ru/14005

https://generals.dk/general/Cherniakhovskii/Ivan_Danilovich/Soviet_Union.html

6th Army · Army commander

Fyodor Kharitonov · 1942-07-07 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Kharitonov commanded the preceding 6th Reserve Army from 2 July. Formal 6th Army service list starts 8 July; same commander at scenario arrival on 7 July.

https://www.armedconflicts.com/-t178107

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Guards_Combined_Arms_Army

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/6-army-history.htm

https://generals.dk/general/Kharitonov/Fedor_Mikhailovich/Soviet_Union.html

57th Army (rebuilt) · Army commander

Dmitry Nikishov · 1942-07-22 to 1942-07-25 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Command record uncertain · 1942-07-25 to 1942-07-27 (end date exclusive) · Historical command unavailable

Gap between listed relief and successor appointment. · Historical command unavailable

Fyodor Tolbukhin · 1942-07-27 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Nikishov also spelled Nikishev. Do not use Tolbukhin at the scenario’s 22 July arrival before his documented appointment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57th_Army_(Soviet_Union)

https://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_tolbukhin.html

https://nlr.ru/res/epubl/rue/texts/volgograd/RUS/enciklopediya/1/P.html

https://generals.dk/general/Tolbukhin/Fedor_Ivanovich/Soviet_Union.html

46th Army pass defense · Army commander

Vasily Sergatskov · 1942-08-01 to 1942-08-28 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Konstantin Leselidze · 1942-08-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Konstantin Leselidze · 1942-10-06 to 1943-01-25 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Ivan Rosly · 1943-01-25 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th_Army

https://generals.dk/general/Leselidze/Konstantin_Nikolaevich/Soviet_Union.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Rosly

1st Guards Army · Army commander

Kirill Moskalenko · 1942-08-09 to 1942-09-28 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Ivan Chistyakov · 1942-09-28 to 1942-10-06 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Ivan Chistyakov · 1942-10-06 to 1942-10-15 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn · Published service chronology / secondary reference

Headquarters handover · 1942-10-15 to 1942-10-16 (end date exclusive) · Historical command uncertain

Chistyakov service list ends 14 October; the scenario field-group conversion is effective 16 October. · Historical command uncertain · Sources conflict or do not establish a dated successor

No single historical commander · 1942-10-16 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive) · Pooled formation

Former First Guards troops are retained as the 24th Army Guards field group. This is not the second or third formation of First Guards Army. · Pooled formation · Explicit scenario abstraction

Golikov commanded briefly at formation, then was relieved 9 August; using Moskalenko on scenario arrival follows the service-list date. Moskalenko is no longer commander of su-38 by this time.

https://generals.dk/general/Moskalenko/Kirill_Semenovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://generals.dk/general/Chistiakov/Ivan_Mikhailovich/Soviet_Union.html

https://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/ivanov_sp/10.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Guards_Army_(Soviet_Union)

24th Army (new formation) · Army commander

Dmitry Kozlov · 1942-09-01 to 1942-10-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

Ivan Galanin · 1942-10-01 to 1943-02-01 (end date exclusive)

· Historical commander for this turn

This is the new September 24th Army from Ninth Reserve Army, distinct from su-24 remnants. Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov is not Pyotr Mikhailovich Kozlov.