Andrei YeremenkoAugust 1941
Ordered by Stalin to organize a new Bryansk Front to defend Moscow
Russia · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Ordered by Stalin to organize a new Bryansk Front to defend Moscow
The Germans begin their final offensive to take Moscow
Guderian takes Yeremenko by surprise when he begins to attack Moscow
Part of the administration is moved but Stalin stays in Moscow
The operation "Taifun" to take Moscow commences
Ordered by Stalin from Leningrad to create a new western front to defend Moscow
Prepares to evacuate his HQ from Moscow
Announces, "If they want a war of extermination they shall have one"
Stages a symbollically important parade in Red Square
The Germans begin their 2nd offensive against Moscow
Some German units advance into the southern suburbs of Moscow
Orders that "there be no further falling back". Orders Rokossovsky to hold the line at Kryukovo with the remants his Sixteenth Army
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
1st Shock Army & the Sixteenth Army attack the inner side of the German salient
Launches an attack of the German inner salient with the Sixteenth Army
Helps organize the defence of Moscow
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