Adolf Hitler17 September 1939
The Soviet Red Army invades the eastern regions of Poland in cooperation with Germany
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The Soviet Red Army invades the eastern regions of Poland in cooperation with Germany
The Red Army & German troops join up at Brest Litovsk
Announces plan to surround & the Red Army north & south of the Pripet marshes
The Red Army will have 155 Divisions against 116 German Divisions
At a General Staff meeting says Germany must destroy the Red Army & the Soviet State. At a General Staff meeting orders destruction of the Red Army & the Soviet State
Reaches within 20km of Moscow before the Red Army force Model back
The Case Blue offensive saw gains, with an advance into the Caucasus capturing large areas of land and several oil fields. However, the Red Army defeated the Germans at Stalingrad, following Operations Uranus and Little Saturn. This defeat forced the Axis to retreat from the Caucasus. Only the city of Kursk and the Kuban region remained tentatively occupied by Axis troops
Following the success of Operation Uranus, the Red Army began Operation Saturn, to cut off Army Group A and all troops east of Rostov. During the German relief operation at Stalingrad, Soviet forces had been redeployed, lesser objectives substituted, and the operation renamed "Little Saturn".
The attack fell on Eighth Italian Army and the remnants of 3rd Romanian Army, and led to the destruction of most of Eighth Army
The attack fell on Eighth Italian Army and the remnants of 3rd Romanian Army, and led to the destruction of most of Eighth Army.
Following an operational switching movement, five Red Army tank Corps of the 1st Tank Army, 3rd Guards Tank Army and the 4th Tank Army penetrated the extreme northern flank of Hubes position east of Ternopol
Hubes southern advanced guard turned and halted the Red Army assault, severing its supply lines and rendering the T-34s of the 4th Tank Army immobile
Commands the 4th Panzers after the Red Army had surrounded the 1st Panzer Army
Relieved of his command in March 1944 for ordering the Eighth Army to retreat when it was in danger of destruction by the Soviet Red Army, in explicit violation of Adolf Hitler's orders
The Red Army begins its offensive against Army Group Centre
The Red Army begins its offensive against Army Group Centre
Starting on 16 January 1945, the Red Army breached through the German front as a result of the Vistula-Oder Offensive and rapidly advanced westward as fast as 30-40 kilometres a day
The Red Army start the Battle of Berlin by attacking German front line positions on the rivers Oder and Neisse
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