Operation Blue
Orders the capture of the Grozny oilfields in the Caucus
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
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Adolf Hitler Biography and Timeline — Page 34
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1942
Army Group South
Believing that the main Soviet threat had been eliminated, short of oil and needing to meet all the of Case Blue, Hitler makes changes to the Fuhrer Directive No. 45: reorganized Army Group South into two.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Army Group South
smaller Army Groups, A and B; directed Army Group A to advance to the Caucasus and capture the oil fields (Operation Edelweis); directed Army Group B to attack towards the Volga and Stalingrad (Operation Fischreiher).
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Atlantic Wall
Should proceed with "fanatic energy". Advocates construction of a concrete coastal wall in north west France
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Fuhrer Directive No. 45
45: reorganized Army Group South into two smaller Army Groups, A and B; directed Army Group A to advance to the Caucasus and capture the oil fields (Operation Edelweis); directed Army Group B to attack towards the Volga and Stalingrad (Operation Fischreiher)
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Fuhrer Directive No. 45
Believing that the main Soviet threat had been eliminated, short of oil and needing to meet all the of Case Blue, Hitler makes changes to the Fuhrer Directive No.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Fuhrer Directive No. 45
Logistics lines were already at breaking point with ammunition and fuel shortages most apparent and it would be impossible to advance using the conservative supply rates he demanded.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Fuhrer Directive No. 45
The new directive created enormous logistical difficulties, with Hitler expecting both Army Groups to advance along different routes.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Fuhrer Directive No. 45
There is no evidence Hitler was opposed by, or received complaints from Franz Halder, the Chief of the General Staff, or anyone else, about the directive until August 1942.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
45: reorganized Army Group South into two smaller Army Groups, A and B; directed Army Group A to advance to the Caucasus and capture the oil fields (Operation Edelweis); directed Army Group B to attack towards the Volga and Stalingrad (Operation Fischreiher)
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
Believing that the main Soviet threat had been eliminated, short of oil and needing to meet all the of Case Blue, Hitler makes changes to the Fuhrer Directive No.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
Logistics lines were already at breaking point with ammunition and fuel shortages most apparent and it would be impossible to advance using the conservative supply rates he demanded.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
The new directive created enormous logistical difficulties, with Hitler expecting both Army Groups to advance along different routes.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
There is no evidence Hitler was opposed by, or received complaints from Franz Halder, the Chief of the General Staff, or anyone else, about the directive until August 1942.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
The Germans reach Ordzhonikidze, the most easterly part of the invasion
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Case Blue
45: reorganized Army Group South into two smaller Army Groups, A and B; directed Army Group A to advance to the Caucasus and capture the oil fields (Operation Edelweis); directed Army Group B to attack towards the Volga and Stalingrad (Operation Fischreiher)
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Case Blue
Believing that the main Soviet threat had been eliminated, short of oil and needing to meet all the of Case Blue, Hitler makes changes to the Fuhrer Directive No.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Case Blue
Logistics lines were already at breaking point with ammunition and fuel shortages most apparent and it would be impossible to advance using the conservative supply rates he demanded.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Case Blue
The new directive created enormous logistical difficulties, with Hitler expecting both Army Groups to advance along different routes.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Case Blue
There is no evidence Hitler was opposed by, or received complaints from Franz Halder, the Chief of the General Staff, or anyone else, about the directive until August 1942.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Edelweis
Believing that the main Soviet threat had been eliminated, short of oil and needing to meet all the of Case Blue, Hitler makes changes to the Fuhrer Directive No. 45: reorganized Army Group South into two.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Edelweis
smaller Army Groups, A and B; directed Army Group A to advance to the Caucasus and capture the oil fields (Operation Edelweis); directed Army Group B to attack towards the Volga and Stalingrad (Operation Fischreiher).
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Fischreiher
Believing that the main Soviet threat had been eliminated, short of oil and needing to meet all the of Case Blue, Hitler makes changes to the Fuhrer Directive No. 45: reorganized Army Group South into two.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Fischreiher
smaller Army Groups, A and B; directed Army Group A to advance to the Caucasus and capture the oil fields (Operation Edelweis); directed Army Group B to attack towards the Volga and Stalingrad (Operation Fischreiher).
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Siege of Dieppe
The raid is defeated but Hitler concludes north west France needs more defences. The Canadians conduct a raid on Dieppe
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Battle of Stalingrad
After defeating the last Soviet counter-attacks, 6th Army resumed its offensive on 2 September, linking up with 4th Panzer Army the following day. On 12 September, the Germans entered Stalingrad
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Fourth Panzer Army
After defeating the last Soviet counter-attacks, 6th Army resumed its offensive on 2 September, linking up with 4th Panzer Army the following day. On 12 September, the Germans entered Stalingrad
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
After defeating the last Soviet counter-attacks, 6th Army resumed its offensive on 2 September, linking up with 4th Panzer Army the following day. On 12 September, the Germans entered Stalingrad
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Case Blue
After defeating the last Soviet counter-attacks, 6th Army resumed its offensive on 2 September, linking up with 4th Panzer Army the following day. On 12 September, the Germans entered Stalingrad
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Sixth Army
After defeating the last Soviet counter-attacks, 6th Army resumed its offensive on 2 September, linking up with 4th Panzer Army the following day. On 12 September, the Germans entered Stalingrad
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Atlantic Wall
Orders that the construction of the Atlantic Wall be completed by 1st May 1943
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Atlantic Wall
Holds a meeting where he asks for 15,000 strong points to be defended by 300,000 men
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
In the Chancellery says Russia will be defeated in 1943 by a push in the Spring
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Bombing of Grozny
As a result, on 10 October 1942, Luftflotte Fours Fliegerkorps IV was ordered to send every available bomber against the oilfields at Grozny.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Bombing of Grozny
He was now down to 232, of which only 129 were combat ready.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Bombing of Grozny
Hitler called for the air offensive to be carried out no later than 14 October, as he required air assets for a major effort at Stalingrad.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Bombing of Grozny
The air fleet was in poor shape by this time.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Bombing of Grozny
Von Richthofen had begun Case Blue with 323 serviceable bombers out of a total of 480.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Commando Order
Hitler issued a Kommandobefehl (Commando Order) that proscribed any Allied personnel captured in commando raids would be executed
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Battle of Alamein, 2nd
The Afrika Korps is reduced to 114 tanks but Hitler orders that they must hold its ground
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Records, sources and methodology
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