Vassili Chuikov Biography

Helps suppress the rebellion of the Socialist Revolutionaries

Helps suppress the rebellion of the Socialist Revolutionaries

Appointed Member of Bolshevik Party

Appointed Military Adviser to Chian Kai-shek

Appointed Military attache to Chiang Kai-shek

Partakes in the invasion of Poland

Appointed Military attache to Chiang Kai-shek

Appointed Minister of War

Appointed Minister of War

Appointed Commander of Stalingrad

Appointed Commander of Stalingrad

Appointed Commander of the Sixty Second Army

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

The Germans attack the 64th Army on the River Don

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.

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

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.

Put in charge of defending Stalingrad.

Crushes the Romanians & begins to entrap von Pauluss Army

Appointed Commander of the Eighth Guards Army

Appointed Commander of the Eighth Guards Army

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

Takes part in the battle for Berlin

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

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

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

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

Appointed Commander of the Soviet forces of occupation in East Germany

Plays a part in suppressing the Berlin rebellion

Plays a part in suppressing the Berlin rebellion

Appointed Candidate Member of Central Committee of the Communist Party

Appointed Commander of the Kiev Military District

Appointed Commander in Chief of the land forces

Appointed Member of Central Committee of the Communist Party

Appointed Commander in Chief of the USSR civil defence forces

Death of Vassili Chuikov