1 January 1942Atlantic CharterMaxim Litvinov
Accepts the common programme embodied in the Atlantic Charter.
Historical records for Russia in 1942, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Accepts the common programme embodied in the Atlantic Charter.
Signs the Declaration by United Nations for the Soviet Union.
A pact made at the Washington Conference becomes the nucleus of the United Nations
Declaration by 26 Allies not to conclude a separate armistice. A pact made at the Washington Conference becomes the nucleus of the United Nations
Declaration by 26 Allies not to conclude a separate armistice, the pact becomes the UN. A pact made at the Washington Conference becomes the nucleus of the United Nations
Plans a counter-offensive at the meeting of the Stavka & State Defence Committee
Plans a counter-offensive at the meeting of the Stavka & State Defence Committee
Captures Lozovaya & discovers a German camp with appalling conditions
Captures the Barvenkovo salient
The Russians under Timosheko lay siege to Kharkov but call it off after 2 months
Kerensky continues political activity connected with constituent assembly plans.
Timoshenko breaks through Heitzs VIII Corps to within 12 miles of Kharkov. Launches an attack to cut off Kharkov with 640,000 men, 1,200 tanks & 1,000 planes
Timoshenko requests further support from Stalin who just refuses a withdrawal. Kleist counter-attacks & forces Timoshenko back
Timoshenko requests further support from Stalin who just refuses withdrawal. Kleist counter-attacks & forces Timoshenko back
Timoshenko is forced to call off his attack
Timoshenko calls off his offensive after Kleists advance into the Barvenko salient. The "Barvenkovo mousetrap" is sprung by Kleist & Paulus, 240,000 Russians are taken
An Anglo-Soviet Treaty of alliance is signed in London
Serves with the Southwestern Front leadership during the failed Soviet offensive near Kharkov.
Molotov gains military assistance & economic aid. A 2nd front is established & atomic research intensified
Molotov gains military assistance & economic aid. A 2nd front is established & atomic research intensified
Succesfully demands Romania hand over Bessarabia to Russia, Germany does not object
Hoth reaches Voronezh, Vatutin is ordered to create a new Voronezh Front. Creates a new front & forces Bock to divert both Paulus & Hoth to deal with it
Appointed Commander of the Sixty Second Army
Appointed Commander of the Sixty Second Army to hold the Germans west of the River Don
Give the task of defending the River Don
Orders the Stalingrad Defence Committee to prepare the city for war immediately
Orders the Stalingrad Defence Committee to prepare the city for war immediately
Stalin dismisses Timoshenko
Stalin dismisses Timoshenko
Stalin informs Churchill he cannot agree to the postponement of a 2nd front until 1943
The Germans capture Rostov
The Germans attack the 64th Army on the River Don
The Germans attack the 64th Army on the River Don
The 33rd Guards lose 1,000 men & are forced to retreat
Moved up to the north-west Front
Arrives in Stalingrad to assume command
Appointed Commander of the Stalingrad front by Stalin
Yeremenko is appointed to command the entire Stalingrad front by Stalin
Yeremenko is appointed to command the entire Stalingrad front by Stalin
Yeremenko is appointed to command the entire Stalingrad front by Stalin
Appointed Commander of the Stalingrad front by Stalin
The "Leningrad Symphony" is premiered by a half-starved orchestra
Churchill visits Moscow to discuss second front issues with Stalin, Soviets suspicious over Allied strategy in Mediterranean, demand action in NW Europe
The Russians outflank & encircle the German 6th, 9th & 4th Panzer Armies
Gathers 190,000 men, 350 tanks, 340 planes & 8,000 guns on the Staingrad front
Refuses the Stalingrad to be evacuated in order to make the Russians defend it
Appointed Commander in Chief, NKVD
Appointedmand the front from Stalingrad to Kalmyk in the south west
Appointedmand the front from Stalingrad to Kalmyk in the south west
Churchill meets Stalin at the Kremlin
Stalin has the impression that Churchill promises to invade France in 1943. Churchill visits Stalin & says there can be no invasion of Europe in 1942. Churchill visits Stalin & promises that south east Europe will be attacked in 1943
Chuikov had witnessed firsthand the blitzkrieg tactics the Nazis had used to sweep across the Russian steppe, so he used the Germans carpet-bombing of the city to draw panzer units into the rubble and chaos, where their progress was impeded.
Here they could be destroyed with Molotov cocktails and Russian artillery operating at close range. This tactic also rendered the German Luftwaffe ineffective, since Stuka dive-bombers could not attack Red Army positions without endangering their own forces
It was at Stalingrad that Chuikov developed the important tactic of hugging the enemy, Guerrilla warfare, by which under-armed Soviet soldiers kept the German army so close to them as to minimize the superior firepower enjoyed by the Wehrmacht.
Put in charge of defending Stalingrad.
Crushes the Romanians & begins to entrap von Pauluss Army
The Red Army begins to encircle the German forces besieging Stalingrad
Leads the attack on the north & south flanks of the Germans
The Red Army begins to encircle the German forces besieging Stalingrad
Captures the supply bridge at Kalach
Part of Operation Uranus, captures the only bridge over the Don. Cuts off the German 6th armys main communications
Zhukov begins attacking the German 5th Army & 4th Panzer Army in the rear. The 300,000 force of the German 6th Army is encircled
The 300,000 force of the German 6th Army is encircled
Zhukov drives the German forces in the north beyond the Chir & Aksay. Zhukov drives Hoths army back across Kotelnikov
The Russians outflank & encircle the German 6th, 9th & 4th Panzer Armies. Commands Russian forces on the Don River Front
Appointed Commander of Russian forces opposing the German 6th Army
Appointed Commander of the Black Sea Front
Appointed Commander of the Black Sea Front
Appointed Commander of Stalingrad
Appointed Commander of Stalingrad
Appointed Deputy Supreme Commander in Chief by Stalin
Appointed Deputy Supreme Commander in Chief by Stalin
Appointed Commander of the Russian forces opposing the German 6th Army
Serves in political administration supporting Soviet forces fighting on the southern sector of the Eastern Front.
Churchill unofficially informs the Soviets in a memorandum handed to Soviet Foreign Secretary Vyacheslav Molotov that the resources necessary for an invasion were lacking in 1942
Publication of "Runaround"
Balances anti-Bolshevism with support for Russia against Germany.
Defends Sevastopol for several months before it is captured by the Germans
Commands the south western forces
Works with Soviet military commanders during the defense and counteroffensive around Stalingrad.
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