Донской фронт
Pavel Batov, who had previously commanded the 51st Army and the 3rd Army, assumed command on October 22 1942, a command he would hold until the end of the War. He had orders to rebuild these forces as a combined-arms army, the 65th Army, as part of Rokossovsky's new Don Front. This was accomplished by mid-November, and at this time the army consisted of: