Soviet Union timeline
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German Forces Arrive at the Mozhaisk Defense Line
By October 13, 1941, the Wehrmacht had arrived at the Mozhaisk defense line, a hastily constructed double set of fortifications protecting Moscow... Read more
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German Forces Begin Siege of Sevastopol
A rapid thrust was launched towards Sevastopol on 30 October 1941 which commenced the Defence of Sevastopol (Russian: оборона Севастополя),... Read more
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Stalin Orders Traditional Military Parade Amidst German Invasion to Strengthen Soviet Morale
November 7, 1941, saw the most unusual military parade in the nation's history. The Second World War was raging on. Right from Red Square in... Read more
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The Road of Life Begins Operation
The Road of Life (Russian: Доро́га жи́зни, doroga zhizni) was the ice road transport route across the frozen Lake Ladoga, which provided the only... Read more
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Battle of Rostov (1941)
Rostov was assigned as the objective to the 11th Army now commanded by General von Schobert, however he died in a crash on the same day after... Read more
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Soviet Union Launches Counteroffensive Against Germany
Although the Wehrmacht's offensive had been stopped, German intelligence estimated that Soviet forces had no more reserves left and thus would be... Read more
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Battle of Kerch Peninsula
Battle of the Kerch Peninsula (German: Unternehmen Trappenjagd) was a World War II offensive by German and Romanian armies against the Soviet... Read more
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The Second Battle of Kharkov
The Kharkov area was a pivotal area on the Eastern Front, sitting astride two important strategic axes towards Kursk and the Donbas. The Russian... Read more
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Germans Begin Assault on Secondary Defense Line at Sevastopol
After expelling the Soviets from the Crimea, the German attention turned once again to Sevastopol. To help with the siege von Manstein had at his... Read more
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Battle of Voronezh (1942)
The Battle of Voronezh was a battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, fought in and around the strategically important city of Voronezh on the... Read more
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Germany Initiates Case Blue
Case Blue (German: Fall Blau) was the German codename used by the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) for its 1942 strategic summer offensive in... Read more
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Battle of Stalingrad Begins
The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle of World War II between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of... Read more
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Sinyavin Offensive/Operation Nordlicht
Operation Northern Light (German: Unternehmen Nordlicht) and the Sinyavin Offensive refers to two near simultaneous military operations by planned... Read more
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German Paratroopers Land near Grozny to Join Forces with Chechen Rebels
Abwehr's Nordkaukasische Sonderkommando Schamil landed in several points in Chechnya, coordinating strikes with rebels. On 25 September 1942 German... Read more
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Operation Uranus
Operation Uranus (Russian: Операция «Уран», romanised: Operatsiya Uran) was the codename of the Soviet strategic operation in World War II which... Read more
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Operation Mars
Operation Mars was the operation codename for the Rzhev offensive operation part of the Rzhev-Vyazma strategic offensive operation (08.01-20.04.42)... Read more
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Operation Winter Storm
Operation Winter Storm (German: Unternehmen Wintergewitter) was a German offensive in World War II undertaken between 12–23 December 1942, in which... Read more
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Soviet Union Launches Operation Little Saturn
The first stage — an attempt to cut off the German Army Group A in the Caucasus — had to be rapidly revised when General Erich von Manstein... Read more
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Joseph Stalin Is Named Time Magazine's 'Person Of The Year' For A Second Time
The year 1942 was a year of blood and strength. The man whose name means steel in Russian, whose few words of English include the American... Read more
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Operation Iskra
Operation Iskra (Russian: Операция Искра, Operatsia Iskra; English translation - Operation Spark) was a Soviet military operation conducted by the... Read more
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Surviving German Forces, now Starving, Sick, and Low on Ammunition, Surrender at Stalingrad
The Germans inside the pocket retreated from the suburbs of Stalingrad to the city itself. The loss of the two airfields, at Pitomnik on 16 January... Read more
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Third Battle of Kharkov
The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of offensive operations on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by the German Army Group South... Read more
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Joseph Stalin's Son Yakov Dzhugashvili Commits Suicide
THE truth behind the mysterious death of Stalin's son, Yakov Dzhugashvili, in a German concentration camp has finally been unravelled by Russian... Read more
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Battle of Kursk Begins
The Battle of Kursk refers to German and Soviet operations on the Eastern Front of World War II in the vicinity of the city of Kursk in July and... Read more
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First Phase of the Battle of Smolensk (1943)
After a day of probing, the goal of which was to determine whether German troops would choose to withdraw or not from the first set of trenches,... Read more