Voronov worked on the supply , acquisition and coordination of artillery units in the areas of the Winter Campaign of 1941 – 42 . In his report to Stalin of 28 February , Voronov raised the question of military air defence , which since November 1941 had remained without leadership . On 2 June , by order of the People 's Commissariat for Defence , all air defence units were subordinated to the front artillery commanders and the chief of the artillery . In early June , Voronov took part in the planning and conducting of operations on the left flank of the Western Front . In July , he went to Stalingrad to assist the retreating 62nd Army and 64th Army . During the Moscow Conference , Shaposhnikov , Voroshilov and Voronov represented the Soviet Union during talks with the British military delegation . In September , Voronov accompanied Aleksandr Vasilevsky on a tour of the Southwestern Front , Stalingrad Front and Don Front . Voronov began to plan the artillery barrage in Operation Uranus . After the approval of the plan for Operation Uranus , Voronov worked with the chiefs of artillery of the fronts and supervised the training of units to conduct the offensive . During the beginning of the operation , Voronov was in the command post of the 21st Army . On 31 October , Voronov issued a decree on the establishment of artillery divisions in the Reserve of the Supreme High Command ( '' Stavka '' Reserve ) . In late November , Voronov , Vasilevsky and Alexander Novikov visited the area of Operation Little Saturn
Moscow Conference
Moscow Conference (1942)
Nikolay Voronov