23 August 1939
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Meets with Stalin in Moscow who signs the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Moscow in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Meets with Stalin in Moscow who signs the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2
Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2
The 4th Army reaches the outskirts of Moscow
The 4th Army reaches the outskirts of Moscow
Responsible for the siege of Moscow
Brauchitschs advice to attack Moscow directly is rejected by Hitler
Orders Operation Typhoon, an attack on Moscow
Ordered by Hitler to invade Moscow, 200 miles away
The Germans begin their final offensive to take Moscow
Provides air support for Guderians panzer groups
Guderian takes Yeremenko by surprise when he begins to attack Moscow
Sends a force up the Minsk Chausee, where Napoleon had marched
Pushes across the Moskva-Volga canal
Progress on Moscow is stopped due to the weather & Russian resistance
Progress on Moscow is stopped due to the weather & Russian resistance
The deadline set by Bock in Sept for surrounding Moscow is reached
Admits there is no hope of "strategic success" after the failure to capture Moscow
The assault on Moscow is resumed. Model captures the bridges of the Moscow reservoirs in support of the 4th Army
Forced back 100 miles to avoid Russian encirclement. Admits there is no hope of "strategic success" after the failure to capture Moscow
German forces lose more than 500,000 men, Hitler's biggest loss to date
The Soviet counter offensive hits the unsuspecting German army
Reaches within 20km of Moscow before the Red Army force Model back
Reaches within 20km of Moscow before the Red Army force Model back
Reaches within 20km of Moscow before the Red Army force Model back
Consolidates the front during the retreat from Moscow
By the end of Feb there are over 1 million German losses. By the end of Feb German forces are driven 200 miles from Moscow
By the end of Feb German forces are driven 200 miles from Moscow
Hanged in Moscow for attrocities committed behind the estaern fron in 1941
Hanged in Moscow for attrocities committed behind the estaern fron in 1941
A Soviet military tribunal sentences Weidling to 25 years of imprisonment for not surrendering Berlin sooner
Provenance
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