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The Red Army's 65th Army was a Soviet field army during the Second World War. It was formed from rebuilding elements of the first formation of the 4th Tank Army on the Don Front in October, 1942. The 65th Army was commanded by Gen. Pavel Ivanovich Batov until after the fall of Berlin, and served in the various Fronts commanded by Gen. Konstantin K. Rokossovsky for the duration of the war. ==Initial Operations== 4th Tank Army, under command of Maj. Gen. Kryuchenkin, launched numerous counterattacks against the German corridor to Stalingrad from Aug. to Oct., 1942, until it was severely depleted in strength. (It was derisively known for a time as the "four-tank army" due to the few vehicles still operational.)〔David Glantz, "Pavel Ivanovich Batov", in ''Stalin's Generals'', (Harold Shukman, Ed.), Phoenix Press, 2001, p. 39〕 Batov, who had previously commanded the 51st Army and the 3rd Army, assumed command on Oct. 22, with orders to rebuild the Army as a combined-arms army, the 65th, as part of Rokossovsky's new Don Front. This was accomplished by mid-November, and at this time the Army consisted of: * 3 Guards Rifle Divisions (4th, 27th, 40th) * 6 Rifle Divisions (23rd, 24th, 252nd, 258th, 304th, 321st) * 2 Separate Tank Brigades (91st, 121st) * 3 Army Artillery Regiments, 1 Howitzer Regiment, 5 Guards Mortar Regiments, and supporting units.〔() pp 9 - 10〕 65th Army played leading roles in both Operation Uranus, attacking out of the Kremenskoya bridgehead on the south bank of the Don, the encirclement of German forces at Stalingrad, and their reduction and surrender in Operation Ring. Rokossovsky later wrote in reference to Batov and his army: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「65th Army (Soviet Union)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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