Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịlaghachi na Soviet Union na Disemba 1937, Batov nọgidere na-achịkwa 10th Rifle Corps na 3rd Rifle Corps, nke ikpeazụ nke ọ na-edu na Soviet na-arụ ọrụ n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Poland na September 1939. E mechara bufee ndị agha ahụ na Finnish, ma lụọ ọgụ na nke abụọ (February <unk> March 1940) nke
Agha Russia na Finland na mpaghara Karelian n'okpuru 13th Army. Maka ọrụ ya na Finland, e nyere Batov nke abụọ Order nke Lenin, bulie ya n'ọkwa nke onye isi nke ngalaba ("Komdiv") na, na June, na lieutenant general. Mgbe ahụ, a họpụtara ya osote onye isi nke Transcaucasus Military District. Ọ bụrụ na agha adaa na Germany, a ga-achọta ya n'ebe ndịda nke USSR.