During the East Prussian Offensive, the division captured Mława, Działdowo and Płońsk and was awarded the Order of Lenin for its actions.

[4] In October, the army was transferred to the Southwestern Front and began to prepare for the counteroffensive at Stalingrad, Operation Uranus.

It broke through Romanian lines in the area of Blinovsky and Korotovsky, advancing south towards Perelazovsky and Kalach.

[7][8] Forward detachments of the corps forced German commander Friedrich Paulus to move his headquarters on 21 November.

On the night of 22–23 November, Rodin ordered the corps' vanguard units, led by Lieutenant Colonel Georgy Filippov to reconnoitre the last bridge over the Don at Kalach.

Filippov advanced at high speed with headlights on, reportedly causing the German troops guarding the bridge to believe captured Soviet armor was being driven to the nearby gunnery range.

Filippov and his tanks crossed the bridge and defeated the German troops guarding it.

Rodin was promoted to Lieutenant general and became commander of the 2nd Tank Army in early February.

It defended positions north of Pavlohrad and fled to escape an encirclement on 24 February.

The corps captured Rechytsa in November and cut off the German line of retreat west of Gomel.

At the end of March, the corps fought in the capture of Gdańsk during the East Pomeranian Offensive.