<prompt> Achidzokera kuSoviet Union muna December 1937, Batov akatevedzana akatungamirira 10th Rifle Corps uye 3rd Rifle Corps, yokupedzisira iyo yaakatungamirira mukubatwa kweSoviet kumabvazuva kwePoland muna September 1939. Mauto akazoendeswa kuFinnish front, uye akarwa muchikamu chechipiri February March 1940 cheRussian-Finnish War  <response>: munharaunda yeKarelian pasi peuto rechi13. Nokuda kwemabasa ake muFinland, Batov akapiwa mubayiro wechipiri weLenin, akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri weboka Komdiv uye, muna June, kune lieutenant general. Akabva agadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri weTranscaucasus Military District. Kutanga kwehondo neGermany kwaizomuwana ari kure zvikuru kumaodzanyemba kweUSSR. 