 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waGumiguru 22, 1942, Batov akaendeswa kunotungamira ye4th Tank Army pane nzira dzinoenda kuStalingrad, achitsiva Mjr. Gen. V.D. Kryuchenkin. Iri uto, rakakurumidza kutumidzwa kuti 65th Army, rakaumba chikamu cheRokossovskis Don Front. Batov akaramba ari mutungamiri wechiuto chechi 65 kwenguva yacho. Akabatsira kuronga kupikisa kweSoviet, Operation Uranus, achipa ruzivo rwakakosha kuna Gen. Zhukov maererano nemiganhu pakati pemasimba eGerman neRomania. Mauto ake akaumba simba guru rokurova mukurwisa uku, uye Operation Ring yakazotevera, iyo yakaderedza ndokukunda mauto eAxis akakomberedzwa. Rokossovski gare gare akanyora kuti: 