62nd Army (Soviet Union)

World War II military unit

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62nd Army

Active| 10 Jul 1942 – 16 Apr 1943
Country|  Soviet Union
Branch| Red Army
Type| Combined arms
Size| Army
Motto(s)| "Not one step back"
Engagements| World War II

* Battle of Stalingrad

Commanders
Notable
commanders| Nikolai Krylov
Vasily Chuikov

Military unit

The 62nd Army (Russian: 62-я армия) was a field army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War.

## History

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62nd Army command post in December 1942

The Army was formed on 28 May 1942 as the 7th Reserve Army, a part of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command. The formation was then re-designated as the 62nd Army little more than a month later in July 1942.

From mid August 1942 until late January 1943, the 62nd Army, under the command of General Vasily Chuikov, fought in the Battle of Stalingrad. 62nd Army conducted an epic defense of the city against repeated and desperate attacks by the German 6th Army. The Army, along with the 64th Army, was operating under the Soviet Stalingrad Front. After the German assault at Stalingrad had come to utter disaster, the 62nd Army was uniquely awarded the Order of Lenin, and granted Guards status as the 8th Guards Army.

On 13 September 1942 the Army composition was:

33rd, 35th Guards, 87th, 98th, 112th, 131st, 196th, 229th, 244th, 315th, 399th Rifle Divisions
10th, 38th, 42nd, 115th, 124th, 129th, 149th Rifle Brigades post 9-27-1942 193rd Rifle Division
23rd Tank Corps
20th Tank Destroyer Brigade
115th Fortified Region
Twelve artillery and mortar regiments

(Note: 33rd Guards, 87th and 229th rifle divisions were in the process of being brought up to strength; 131st and 399th rifle divisions were held in the second echelon of the Army.)

On 1 November 1942 during the height of the Battle of Stalingrad, the 62nd Army commanded the 13th, 37th, and 39th Guards Rifle Divisions, the 45th, 95th, 112th, 138th, 193rd, 284th and 308th Rifle Divisions, the 42nd, 92nd, 115th, 124th, 149th, and 160th Rifle Brigades, the 84th Tank and 2nd Motor Rifle Brigades, the 115th Fortified Region, and 20 regiments of howitzer, gun, antitank, mortar, rocket, and anti-aircraft artillery among other support units.[1] Many of these formations were burnt-out shells by the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, with many formations reduced to less than 5% of its original manpower.[2]

On 16 April 1943, the 62nd Army was granted Guards status and transformed into the 8th Guards Army.[3]

## Commanders

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* Jul 1942 to Aug 1942: Major General V. Ia. Kolpakchi
* Aug 1942 to Sep 1942: Lieutenant General A. I. Lopatin
* Sep 1942 to Apr 1943: Lieutenant General V. I. Chuikov

## Notes

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1. ^ Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, 1 November 1942 (Russian)
2. ^ Erickson 2003, pp. 385, 403.
3. ^ Glantz 2005, p. 64.

## References

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* Bonn, Keith E., ed. (2005). Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front. Bedford, Pennsylvania: Aberjona Press. ISBN 9780971765092.
* Erickson, John (2003). The Road to Stalingrad. London: Cassell Military Paperbacks. ISBN 9780304365418.
* Glantz, David M (2005). Companion to Colossus Reborn. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-1359-5.
* Poirier, Robert G.; Conner, Albert Z. (1985). The Red Army Order of Battle in the Great Patriotic War. Novato: Presidio Press. ISBN 0-89141-237-9.

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Battle of Stalingrad

* Airfields
* Axis order of battle
* Red Army order of battle
* Bombing of Stalingrad in World War II
* German commanders
* German units

Operations

|  Nazi Germany|

* Donnerschlag
* Winter Storm

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Soviet Union|

* Uranus
* Little Saturn
* Koltso

Formations

| Army groups
and fronts|

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* B
* Centre
* Don

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* Don
* Southwestern
* Stalingrad
* Voronezh

Armies|

| Axis|

* German 4th Panzer
* German 6th
* Hungarian 2nd
* Italian 8th
* Romanian 3rd and 4th

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* 1st Guards
* 2nd Guards
* 3rd Guards
* 21st
* 51st
* 62nd
* 64th
* 65th

Corps|

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* XIV Panzer
* XXXX Panzer
* XXXXVIII Panzer
* IV
* VIII
* XI
* LI
* 8th Air

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| Tank|

* 1st
* 4th
* 13th
* 16th
* 24th
* 26th

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others|

* 4th Mechanised
* 3rd Guards Cavalry
* 4th Cavalry
* 8th Cavalry

Divisions|

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| Panzer|

* 6th
* 14th
* 16th
* 17th
* 22nd
* 24th

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Infantry|

* 3rd Motorised
* 29th Motorised
* 60th Motorised
* 5th
* 44th
* 71st
* 76th
* 79th
* 94th
* 100th
* 113th
* 295th
* 297th
* 305th
* 371st
* 376th
* 384th
* 389th

others|

* 9th Flak

| Guards Rifle|

* 13th
* 15th
* 33rd
* 35th
* 36th
* 37th
* 39th

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Rifle|

* 38th
* 45th
* 62nd
* 64th
* 91st
* 93rd
* 95th
* 112th
* 138th
* 157th
* 169th
* 173rd
* 181st
* 193rd
* 196th
* 204th
* 214th
* 221st
* 248th
* 284th
* 302nd
* 308th
* 422nd

others|

* 60th Cavalry
* 81st Cavalry

Notable participants

|  Nazi Germany|

* Adolf Hitler
* Alexander Edler von Daniels
* Hermann Göring
* Hermann Hoth
* Hans-Valentin Hube
* Erich von Manstein
* Friedrich Paulus
* Wolfram von Richthofen
* Arthur Schmidt
* Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
* Karl Strecker

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Romania|

* Constantin Constantinescu-Claps
* Petre Dumitrescu
* Mihail Lascăr

Other Axis members|

* Viktor Pavičić (Croatia)
* Italo Gariboldi (Italy)
* Gusztáv Jány (Hungary)

Soviet Union|

* Joseph Stalin
* Hazi Aslanov
* Vasily Badanov
* Vasily Chuikov
* Nikolay Dyatlenko
* Sasha Filippov
* Filipp Golikov
* Vasily Gordov
* Vasily Grossman
* Nikita Khrushchev
* Nikolay Krylov
* Dmitry Lelyushenko
* Rodion Malinovsky
* Kirill Moskalenko
* Yakov Pavlov
* Alexander Rodimtsev
* Konstantin Rokossovsky
* Alexander Shcherbakov
* Semyon Timoshenko
* Aleksandr Vasilevsky
* Nikolai Vatutin
* Nikolay Voronov
* Erich Weinert
* Andrei Yeremenko
* Vasily Zaitsev
* Aleksey Zhadov
* Georgy Zhukov

Significant locations

* Barmaley Fountain
* Barrikady Factory
* Grain Elevator
* Gumrak
* Kalach
* Mamayev Kurgan
* Pavlov's House
* Pitomnik Airfield
* Red October Steel Factory
* River Don
* River Volga
* Tatsinskaya Airfield
* Tsaritsa Gorge
* Tractor Plant

In memoriam

* The Motherland Calls
* Stalingrad Madonna
* Sword of Stalingrad
* Battle of Stalingrad in popular culture

* See also Battle of the Caucasus
* Battle of Kursk
* Case Blue
* Operation Barbarossa
* Second Battle of Kharkov
* Third Battle of Kharkov
* Volgograd

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* Separate Coastal
* Special Red Banner Far Eastern
* Red Banner Caucasus

Guards|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 14th
* 18th
* 20th
* 22nd

Tank/Mechanized|

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* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* Special

Guards Tank/Mechanized|

* 1st
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* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th

Shock|

* 1st
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* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th

Cavalry|

* 1st
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Sapper|

* 1st
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* 3rd
* 4th
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* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
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Reserve Army|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* Southern Front
* Black Sea Group

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