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1941
August
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.
September
08
Key event
The siege of Leningrad begins
On 8 September 1941 the Germans took Shlisselburg on Lake Ladoga and cut Leningrad off from the country. A blockade of almost two and a half years began.
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.
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
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
05
Key event
The counter-offensive at Moscow
On 5 December 1941 the Kalinin Front, and on 6 December the Western Front, struck an exhausted Army Group Centre. The Germans fell back along the whole front.
1942
January
05
Stalin orders a general offensive
On 5 January 1942 Stalin, overruling Zhukov, ordered attacks on all fronts. On 7 January the Moscow counter-offensive ended, but the Germans held their front.
13
The Red Army retakes Medyn
In mid-January 1942 the Western Front retook Kirov and Medyn and by the month's end stood before Vyazma. The Germans fell back but held Rzhev and Vyazma.
August
27
Zhukov becomes Deputy Supreme Commander
At the end of August 1942 Stalin made General of the Army Georgy Zhukov his deputy and sent him to Stalingrad to coordinate the city's defence.
September
03
Key event
The fighting for Stalingrad begins
On 3 September 1942 the wings of the 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army met outside Stalingrad as Soviet armies fell back to the suburbs. The battle reached the city.
18
The fighting for the grain elevator in Stalingrad
From 14 September the Germans assaulted the grain elevator in southern Stalingrad. Guardsmen and sailors of the 92nd Brigade held it until 22 September.
1943
January
18
Key event
The siege of Leningrad broken
On 18 January 1943 the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts met by Lake Ladoga. Operation Iskra cut a land corridor 8–11 km wide through to Leningrad.
19
Zhukov made Marshal of the Soviet Union
In January 1943 Georgy Zhukov became the first commander of the war to be made Marshal of the USSR, and on 28 January received Order of Suvorov 1st Class No. 1.
July
05
Key event
The Battle of Kursk begins
On 5 July 1943 the Germans launched Operation Citadel, attacking the Kursk salient from north and south, and ran into the Red Army’s strongest defences yet.
August
23
The liberation of Kharkiv in August 1943
On 23 August 1943 Steppe Front troops entered Kharkiv, abandoned by the Germans. The city changed hands for the fourth and last time in the war.
1944
March
20
The Red Army at the Romanian border
On 17–20 March 1944 Konev's troops crossed the Dniester into Bessarabia and Zhukov's took Vinnytsia. The German front in Ukraine was falling apart.
1945
April
16
Key event
The Berlin offensive begins
On 16 April 1945 Soviet and Polish troops struck at Berlin from the Oder and the Neisse. At the Seelow Heights Zhukov's attack stalled for three days.
21
The storming of Berlin
On 21 April 1945 Zhukov's troops broke into the outskirts of Berlin as Soviet artillery shelled the city. The battle for the Reich capital had begun.
May
02
The flag over the Reichstag
On 2 May 1945 the German garrison of the Reichstag surrendered. The red banner had flown on the roof since 30 April; Khaldei's famous photograph was staged.
08
Key event
The surrender at Karlshorst
On 8 May 1945 in Berlin-Karlshorst, Keitel, Friedeburg and Stumpff signed Germany's final act of unconditional surrender before Zhukov and Tedder.