Operation Barbarossa
First day of Operation Barbarossa, commands the 5 divisions of the 1st Panzer Group
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June
Operation Barbarossa
1st day of Operation Barbarossa, commands the Army Group North
Operation Barbarossa
Serves under General Erich Hoepner
Operation Barbarossa
1st day of Operation Barbarossa, commands the Army Group South consisting of 52 Divs
Operation Barbarossa
Responsible for capturing the Ukraine & the Caucasus
Operation Barbarossa Begins
Jodl serves at OKW as Germany launches the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Siege of Leningrad
Responsible for capturing Balic ports & moving to Leningrad
Siege of Moscow
Responsible for the siege of Moscow
Capture of Grodno
Grodno is captured during the German invasion of Russia
Capture of Brest Litovsk
Vilna & Kovoo are taken after the fall of Brest Litovsk during the German invasion of Russia
Capture of Kovoo
Vilna & Kovoo are taken after the fall of Brest Litovsk during the German invasion of Russia
Capture of Vilna
Vilna & Kovoo are taken after the fall of Brest Litovsk during the German invasion of Russia
Invasion of Russia
By the 2nd day of the invasion the Luftwaffe has destroyed 2,000 Russian aircraft
Invasion of Russia
Vilna & Kovoo are taken after the fall of Brest Litovsk during the German invasion of Russia
Luftwaffe
By the 2nd day of the invasion the Luftwaffe has destroyed 2,000 Russian aircraft
Siege of Dvinsk
Manstein captures the bridges at Dvinsk
Capture of Duenaburg
Duenaburg is captured during the German invasion of Russia
Invasion of Russia
The western front is broken & the Germans charge towards Minsk
Siege of Minsk
The western front is broken & the Germans charge towards Minsk
Western Front
The western front is broken & the Germans charge towards Minsk
Siege of Minsk
Hoth & Guderian encircle Minsk trapping 300,000 Russian soldiers
Siege of Minsk
Hoth & Guderian encircle Minsk trapping 300,000 Russian soldiers
Battle of Kursk
Sweeps forward to the north of Kursk
Commissar Policy Draft Reviewed
Jodl contributes comments to planning connected with the criminal policy against captured Soviet political commissars.
Conscription
Authorizes the employment of Russian prisoners in the German Army. All "racial Germans" are given German citizenship & made subject to the draft
Invasion of Russia
Kleist commands 1st Panzergruppe, comprising XVIII and XL Panzer Corps, which spearheads the Blitzkrieg-style invasion of Russia
Invasion of Russia
Tries to thwart the German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941 through means such as hinting at the countrys military strength and the unassailability of its industrial reserves
Operation Blue
Launches Operation Blue, to trap Soviet forces in a pincer movement west of the Don
Operation Blue
Launches Operation Blue, phase 1 to capture Voronezh
Siege of Voronezh
Launches Operation Blue, phase 1 to capture Voronezh
July
Execution
Sixth Army HQ instructs shoot Russians with a cropped head & wearing plain clothes
Invasion of Russia
After the pincer battles of Bialystok & Minsk are concluded: 324,000 prisoners, 3,332 tanks & 1,809 guns are captured
Battle of Britain
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine (German Navy), told Hitler that an invasion could only be contemplated as a last resort, and only after full air superiority had been achieved
Invasion of Russia
The Stalin Line was broken through on all important points
Stalin Line
The Stalin Line was broken through on all important points
Invasion of Yugoslavia
Germany occupies Yugoslavia and Greece
Rule of Yugoslavia
Germany occupies Yugoslavia and Greece
Assigned leader of the Russia Committee, a Foreign Office post with no
Assigned leader of the Russia Committee, a Foreign Office post with no political influence that neutralized him
Capture of Demyansk
Manstein captures Demyansk
Capture of Minsk
Bocks AG centre troops capture Minsk
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