Vassili Chuikov Biography and Timeline

Rebellion of Socialist Revolutionaries

Helps suppress the rebellion of the Socialist Revolutionaries

Role range: 1917-1918

Rebellion of Socialist Revolutionaries

Helps suppress the rebellion of the Socialist Revolutionaries

Bolshevik Party

Appointed Member of Bolshevik Party

Military Adviser

Appointed Military Adviser to Chian Kai-shek

Role range: 1926-1949 – 1926-1937

Alliance Russia and Chiang Kai-Shek

Appointed Military attache to Chiang Kai-shek

Role range: 1926-1949

Military Attache

Appointed Military attache to Chiang Kai-shek

Role range: 1926-1949

Invasion of Poland

Partakes in the invasion of Poland

Role range: 1939-1945

Minister of War

Appointed Minister of War

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1940-1942

Minister of War

Appointed Minister of War

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1942

Commander of Sixty Second Army

Appointed Commander of the Sixty Second Army

Commander of Sixty Second Army

Appointed Commander of the Sixty Second Army to hold the Germans west of the River Don

Role range: 1939-1945

Siege of River Don

The Germans attack the 64th Army on the River Don

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Stalingrad

Chuikov had witnessed firsthand the blitzkrieg tactics the Nazis had used to sweep across the Russian steppe, so he used the Germans carpet-bombing of the city to draw panzer units into the rubble and chaos, where their progress was impeded.

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Stalingrad

Here they could be destroyed with Molotov cocktails and Russian artillery operating at close range. This tactic also rendered the German Luftwaffe ineffective, since Stuka dive-bombers could not attack Red Army positions without endangering their own forces

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Stalingrad

It was at Stalingrad that Chuikov developed the important tactic of hugging the enemy, Guerrilla warfare, by which under-armed Soviet soldiers kept the German army so close to them as to minimize the superior firepower enjoyed by the Wehrmacht.

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Stalingrad

Put in charge of defending Stalingrad.

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Stalingrad

Crushes the Romanians & begins to entrap von Pauluss Army

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of Stalingrad

Appointed Commander of Stalingrad

Commander of Stalingrad Front

Appointed Commander of Stalingrad

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of Eighth Guards Army

Appointed Commander of the Eighth Guards Army

Commander of Eighth Guards Army

Appointed Commander of the Eighth Guards Army

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of Poland

After the victory at Stalingrad, the 62nd Army was redesignated the Soviet Eighth Guards Army. Chuikov then commanded the Eighth Guards as part of 1st Belorussian Front and led its advance through Poland

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Berlin

Chuikov, who commanded his army operating in central Berlin, was the first Allied officer to learn about Adolf Hitler's suicide, being informed by General Hans Krebs who had come to Chuikovs headquarters under a white flag

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Berlin

General Weidling finally surrenders with his staff at 06:00 hours, he was taken to see General Vasily Chuikov at 08:23, Weidling agrees to order the citys defenders to surrender to the Soviets

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Berlin

General Weidling had his Chief of Staff, von Dufving, arrange a meeting with General Chuikov. Weidling told the Soviets about the suicides of Hitler and Goebbels, and Chuikov demanded complete capitulation. Accepts the surrender of Berlins forces from General Helmuth Weidling

Role range: 1939-1945

Deputy Commander

Appointed Deputy Commander of the Soviet forces of occupation in East Germany

Battle of Berlin

Takes part in the battle for Berlin

Role range: 1939-1945

Rebellion of suppressing the Berlin

Plays a part in suppressing the Berlin rebellion

Role range: 1917-1918

Rebellion of suppressing the Berlin

Plays a part in suppressing the Berlin rebellion

Role range: 1949-1953

Commander of East Germany

Appointed Commander of the Soviet forces of occupation in East Germany

Central Committee

Appointed Candidate Member of Central Committee of the Communist Party

Role range: 1917-1991

Commander of Kiev Military District

Appointed Commander of the Kiev Military District

Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief of the land forces

Central Committee

Appointed Member of Central Committee of the Communist Party

Role range: 1917-1991

Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief of the USSR civil defence forces

Death of Vassili Chuikov

Death of Vassili Chuikov