 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Anozivikanwa nokuda kwokutungamirira kwake kunoshamisa kwe24th Tank Corps muna 1942 mukati meGermany Stalingrad campaign, Badanov akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant-general chinzvimbo chiri pamusoro pevakuru vakuru muhurongwa hweSoviet nguva pfupi mushure meTatsinskaya Raid uye akava wekutanga kugamuchira Order yeSuvorov, yechipiri kirasi, muna 1943. Badanov akarayira 4th Tank Army kubva muna Chikunguru 1943, achitungamira panguva yeOperation Kutuzov uye hondo dzeRight-bank Ukraine. Kubvira muna September uto racho rakanga riri muReserve yeSupreme High Command, uye muna February 1944 rakabatana ne1st Ukrainian Front. Musi wa6 Ndira 1944 akapiwa United States Distinguished Service Cross nokuda kwe ushingi hunoshamisa. 