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1940
June
14
Key event
The Germans enter Paris
On 14 June 1940 German troops entered Paris, declared an open city, without a fight. A swastika flag was hoisted over the Eiffel Tower.
1941
June
28
The Białystok–Minsk pocket
On 28 June 1941 the Germans took Minsk, closing the ring around the Western Front. In the Białystok and Minsk pockets they took some 300,000 prisoners.
August
05
The end of the Smolensk pocket
On 5 August 1941 Bock declared the Smolensk pocket battle over, claiming over 300,000 prisoners. Days later the Germans also closed the Uman pocket.
30
The Yelnya offensive
On 30 August 1941 Zhukov’s Reserve Front struck the German salient at Yelnya. A week later the Germans abandoned it – the Red Army’s first such success.
October
02
Key event
Operation Typhoon
On 2 October 1941 Army Group Centre advanced on Moscow. Within days Bock’s tanks broke through and were encircling Soviet armies at Vyazma and Bryansk.
10
The Vyazma and Bryansk pockets
In early October 1941 the Germans encircled the main forces of three fronts defending Moscow at Vyazma and Bryansk. On 9 October Berlin proclaimed victory.
13
Fighting on the Mozhaisk Line
In mid-October 1941 the Germans attacked the Mozhaisk Line, taking Kaluga, Kalinin, Mozhaisk and Volokolamsk, but by late October they stalled before Moscow.
November
03
The Germans take Kursk
On the night of 2–3 November 1941 the defenders left Kursk, taken by the German 2nd Army. On the Moscow axis Bock’s advance was stuck in mud and at Tula.
15
The November offensive on Moscow
On 15 November 1941, with the ground frozen, Army Group Centre resumed its advance on Moscow. Panzer groups were to bypass the capital to north and south.
28
The Germans reach the Moscow–Volga Canal
On the night of 27–28 November 1941 a 7th Panzer Division battlegroup crossed the Moscow Canal at Yakhroma. A 1st Shock Army counter-attack threw it back.
December
02
The Germans at Khimki
On 2 December 1941, some authors say, a German patrol reached Khimki outside Moscow. In the bitter cold the attacks of Army Group Centre were collapsing.
1942
June
28
Key event
Case Blue begins
On 28 June 1942 Army Group Weichs struck from Kursk at Voronezh, opening the Wehrmacht’s great summer offensive in the southern USSR, aimed at Caucasus oil.