Capture of Germany
Mussolini begs Hitler not to withdraw from Rome without a fight but is ignored
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
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Adolf Hitler Biography and Timeline — Page 39
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1944
Capture of Rome
Mussolini begs Hitler not to withdraw from Rome without a fight but is ignored
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Dismissal
Dismissed after asking the OKW for a free hand in Normandy, a challenge to Hitler
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Overlord
Rundstedt is dismissed by Hitler for suggesting that the High Command make peace
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Fuhrer Chancellor
Appoints Friesner Commander of Army Group North
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
HQ
Moves to his HQ in Rastenburg concerned by events in the Eastern Front
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Capture of Minsk
Army Group Centre loses 28 Divisions, the way to Poland is open to the Red Army
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Front-Belorussia
The Russians reach the 1939 Polish border, west of Kovel
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Walkure
An operation by Hitler's assassins to sieze Berlin
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Plot
Hitler escapes with minor injuries. Generals Gunther Korten, Rudolf Schmundt & Colonel Heinz Brandt are killed. After the plots says "More proof that Fate has selected me for my mission". A bomb is planted in Hitler's HQ conference room in the Wolfs Lair, East Prussia
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Overlord
The High Command keep forces in Calais beleiving there will be a larger invasion there
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
First Army
After the United States First and Third Armies broke out from the Normandy beachhead during Operation Cobra on 25 July 1944, Hitler ordered Operation Luttich.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
First Army
Following breakout by the American First Army and American 3rd Army from the beachhead during the Battle of Normandy during Operation Cobra Adolf Hitler ordered an immediate counterattack against Allied forces in the form of Operation Luttich.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
First Army
The operation was intended as an immediate counterattack against Allied forces.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Lutch
Following breakout by the US First Army and American 3rd Army from the beachhead during the Battle of Normandy during Operation Cobra on July 25, 1944, Adolf Hitler ordered an immediate counterattack against Allied forces in the form of Operation Luttich
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Luttich
Following breakout by the American First Army and American 3rd Army from the beachhead during the Battle of Normandy during Operation Cobra Adolf Hitler ordered an immediate counterattack against Allied forces in the form of Operation Luttich
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Overlord
The Allies begin their breakout from Normandy
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Third Army
After the United States First and Third Armies broke out from the Normandy beachhead during Operation Cobra on 25 July 1944, Hitler ordered Operation Luttich.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Third Army
Following breakout by the American First Army and American 3rd Army from the beachhead during the Battle of Normandy during Operation Cobra Adolf Hitler ordered an immediate counterattack against Allied forces in the form of Operation Luttich.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Third Army
The operation was intended as an immediate counterattack against Allied forces.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Overlord
Orders von Kluge to assemble 8 panzer Divisions to cut Pattons lines of communication
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Commonwealth
The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Lutch
The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Luttich
Operation Luttich had been defeated by concerted, large-scale fighter-bomber air strikes against the German Panzers and trucks
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Siege of Paris
The Germans begin their withdrawal from Paris
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Capture of Falaise
The Allies capture Falaise & advance towards the Seine
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Fuhrer Chancellor
Appoints Model Commander of the West at the height of the crisis on the Eastern Front
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Dismissal
Dismisses von Kluge
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Tractable
Authorizes a retreat
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Capture of River Seine
The Allies advance as far as the Seine, Hitler orders a retreat across the Seine
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Tractable
Surrender and capture of the remaining units of the German 7th Army which were trapped in the Falaise Pocket. Elements of the First Canadian Army relieved the Polish Armys survivors of this Battle and the Canadian Army was finally able to close the Falaise Pocket by linking up with the troops of the American 3rd Army on the other side
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Seventh Army
Surrender and capture of the remaining units of the German 7th Army which were trapped in the Falaise Pocket
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Third Army
Elements of the First Canadian Army relieved the Polish Armys survivors of this Battle and the Canadian Army was finally able to close the Falaise Pocket by linking up with the troops of the American 3rd Army on the other side
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Alliance Axis
Romanian Prime Minister Ion Antonescu is dismissed by King Michael, paving the way for Romania to abandon the Axis in favor of the Allies
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Capture of Paris
Paris "should not fall into the hands of the enemy except as a field of ruins"
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Result of Surrender of Paris
Hitler's refusal to permit an orderly surrender leaves Paris exposed to further destruction before liberation.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Siege of Paris
Paris "should not fall into the hands of the enemy except as a field of ruins"
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Surrender of Paris
Paris "should not fall into the hands of the enemy except as a field of ruins"
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Siege of Paris
Choltiz disobeys Hitler's orders & refuses to burn Paris
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Declaration of War
Romania declares war on Germany after German troops are defeated in Bucharest
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Records, sources and methodology
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