Birth of Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
Birth of Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
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Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky Biography and Timeline
Follow Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky through 30 dated historical records for Russia.
Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1896–1968Years on this page
1896
1917
Red Guard
Appointed Member of Red Guard
Role range: 1917-1918
Red Guard
Appointed Member of Red Guard
1938
Field Marshal
Appointed Field Marshal
1942
Battle of Stalingrad
The Russians outflank & encircle the German 6th, 9th & 4th Panzer Armies
Role range: 1939-1945
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander of Russian forces opposing the German 6th Army
Battle of Stalingrad
The Russians outflank & encircle the German 6th, 9th & 4th Panzer Armies. Commands Russian forces on the Don River Front
Role range: 1939-1945
Field Marshal
Appointed Commander of the Russian forces opposing the German 6th Army
Role range: 1939-1945
1943
Battle of Stalingrad
Rokossovsky sends in a request for the German 6th Army to surrender, this is refused
Role range: 1939-1945
Result of Surrender of German Sixth Army
Paulus rejects the offered terms, so fighting at Stalingrad continues temporarily.
Role range: 1939-1945
Sixth Army
Rokossovsky sends in a request for the German 6th Army to surrender, this is refused
Role range: 1939-1945
Surrender of German Sixth Army
Offers surrender terms but they are rejected by Paulus
Role range: 1939-1945
Battle of Stalingrad
The 65th Army advances 5 miles in the first day
Role range: 1939-1945
Capture of Karpovka
The most westerly of the 7 airfields supplying the German sixth army in Stalingrad
Role range: 1939-1945
Sixth Army
The most westerly of the 7 airfields supplying the German sixth army in Stalingrad
Role range: 1939-1945
Capture of Pitomnik
The only airfield with a night flying to supply the German 6th army in Stalingrad
Role range: 1939-1945
Battle of Stalingrad
The last German airfield at Gumrak is captured
Role range: 1939-1945
Battle of Stalingrad
The Germans under Paulus surrender Stalingrad to Rokossovsky
Role range: 1939-1945
Battle of Orel
Rokossovskys central front captures Orel from the Germans
Role range: 1939-1945
Capture of Brest Litovsk
Commands the Army Group of the Byelorussian Front & captures Brest Litovsk
Role range: 1939-1945
Capture of Lublin
Commands the Army Group of the Byelorussian Front & captures Lublin
Role range: 1939-1945
1944
Front-Belorussia
Attacks the Minsk highway
Role range: 1939-1945
Front-Belorussia
Reaches the River Bug, west of Kovel, 1939 Polish border
Role range: 1939-1945
Capture of Lublin
Captures Lublin from the Germans
Role range: 1939-1945
1945
Alliance Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky and together at Wismar
Montgomery & Rokossovsky join together at Wismar
Role range: 1939-1945
Alliance Soviet and British forces
Joins up with the British forces at Wittenberg near Lubeck
Role range: 1939-1945
Capture of Danzig
Commands the Army Group of the Byelorussian Front & captures Danzig, April
Role range: 1939-1945
1949
Secretary of State for Defence
Appointed Minister of Defence
Council of Minister's
Appointed Vice Chairman of the Council of Minister's in Poland
Role range: 1917-1991
1968
Death of Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
Death of Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
Records, sources and methodology
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