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1941

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Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von · Ukraine · Commander of Army Group South

Responsible for capturing the Ukraine & the Caucasus

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Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von · Field Marshal

1st day of Operation Barbarossa, commands the Army Group North

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Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von · General

First day of Operation Barbarossa, commands the 5 divisions of the 1st Panzer Group

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

Temperatures in Russia begin to drop below zero

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Guderian, Heinz · Moscow · Commander of Second Panzer Group

Progress on Moscow is stopped due to the weather & Russian resistance

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

1st cases of frostbite are reported in the German Army

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Halder, Franz von · Chief of General Staff

Convinces Hitler that the Russian resistance is on the verge of collapse

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Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von · Rostov-on-Don · Commander of First Panzer Group

Kleists leading divisions begin to reach Rostov-on-Don

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Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von · Rostov-on-Don · Commander of First Panzer Group

Kleists Panzers seize a bridge over the Don, the last barrier before the Caucasus. Crooses the Don but is forced back by Timoshenko

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Guderian, Heinz · Commander of Second Panzer Group

Reports to Hitler that the Russian weather has brought his forces to a standstill

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

The remains of 3 panzer groups are forced to continue against the Russian resistance

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

A reconnaisance battalion is driven out of a Moscow suburb

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

All German forces are held back by 70 degrees of frost

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Model, Otto Moritz Walter · Bug Bridge · Commander of 3rd Panzer Division

Captures the Bug Bridge leading to Brest Litovsk

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Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von · Commander of Army Group South

Appointed Commander of the Army Group South

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Kesselring, Albrecht · Commander of Luftflotte 2

Ordered to provide air support for Army Group Centre under von Bock

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Goering, Herman · Reichmarschall

Placed in charge of the economic exploitation of Russia

1942

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Halder, Franz von · Kerch · Chief of General Staff

The Kerch Peninsular, Kharkov, Crimea & Sebastopol are captured

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Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef · River Dneiper · Commander of XXIV Panzer Corps

Holds the Corps bridgehead on the east bank of the Dneiper River

1943

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

The German Armies are split at the Pripet Marshes

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Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von · Commander of Army Group A

Soviet forces surround the mouth of the Dneiper

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Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von · Crimea · Commander of Army Group A

Soviet forces surrond 650,000 German troops in the Crimea

1944

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

From July 1943 to May 1944 the Germans lose 41 Divisions in the East

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