Joseph Stalin Biography and Timeline — Page 8

Treaty of Friendship

Signs the Treaty of Friendship with the new Government of Yugoslavia

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945

Japan & Russia sign a neutrality pact

Japan & Russia sign a neutrality pact

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Neutrality

Japan & Russia sign a neutrality pact

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Neutrality

Japan & Russia sign a mutual neutrality pact

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Pact between Japan and Soviet Union

Japan & Russia sign a mutual neutrality pact

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Declaration of War

Germany declares war on Russia shortly after the invasion

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Invasion of Russia

All forces are placed on alert

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Comintern

When the Soviet Union is invaded on 22 June 1941, the Comintern changed its position to one of active support for the Allies

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Supreme Commander

Appointed Supreme Commander of the Soviet Armed Forces

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1941-1952

Commissar

Appointed Commander of military operations after the German Invasion of Russia

Supreme Commander

Appointed Supreme Commander of the Soviet Armed Forces

Commissar

Takes over military operations after the German Invasion of Russia

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945

Comintern

When the Soviet Union is invaded on 22 June 1941, the Comintern changed its position to one of active support for the Allies

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Invasion of Russia

Stalin is so demoralized by the German invasion that he remains drunk for 11 days. At 3:40 German planes bomb Russian border cities

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Invasion of Russia

3 million German soldiers attack the Soviet army of 5.7 million, 2.5 of them in the west, in the coming weeks, Stalin mobilizes some 10 million reservists

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Stavka

Sets up a supreme general-staff HQ

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Invasion of Russia

The western front is broken & the Germans charge towards Minsk. Builds a reserve front 300 km behind the front

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Western Front

The western front is broken & the Germans charge towards Minsk

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Great Fatherland War

The Central Commitee declares this the "Great Fatherland War"

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Invasion of Russia

The Central Commitee declares this the "Great Fatherland War"

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Broadcast

Warns Russia of the danger of the German invasion. Addresses the Russian people as "brothers & sister"

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Invasion of Russia

Warns Russia of the danger of the German invasion during a broadcast

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Battle of Smolensk

1st day of the Battle of Smolensk

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Invasion of Russia

By mid July Russia has lost 3,500 tanks, 6,000 aircraft & 2 million men

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Battle of Smolensk

About 300,000 Russian prisoners are taken

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Defence Committee

Appointed Member of recently formed State Defence Committee

Role range: 1917-1991

Siege of Kiev

Orders the evacuation of Kiev, 665,000 Russian prisoners are captured

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Siege of Moscow

The Germans begin their final offensive to take Moscow

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Siege of Moscow

Part of the administration is moved but Stalin stays in Moscow

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Operation Taifun

The operation "Taifun" to take Moscow commences

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Siege of Moscow

The operation "Taifun" to take Moscow commences

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Invasion of Russia

Stalin calls an emergency session of the State Defence Committee

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Stalin calls for the creation of second front in Europe to relieve

Stalin calls for the creation of second front in Europe to relieve pressure on Russian forces battling German army at the gates of Moscow

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Siege of Moscow

Announces, "If they want a war of extermination they shall have one"

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Siege of Moscow

Stages a symbollically important parade in Red Square

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Siege of Moscow

The Germans begin their 2nd offensive against Moscow

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Invasion of Russia

Orders Red Army units to destroy all houses & farms 40 miles behind the German lines

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Red Army

Orders Red Army units to destroy all houses & farms 40 miles behind the German lines

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Siege of Moscow

Some German units advance into the southern suburbs of Moscow

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Siege of Moscow

The Soviet counter offensive hits the unsuspecting German army. The German attack on Moscow is contained. German forces lose mre than 500,000 men, Hitler's biggest loss to date. 720,000 Russian soldiers drive back 800,000 Germans

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953