Brief chronology of the Soviet-German conflict 1941-45
for a detailed chronology see the On This Day page or the Interactive Map
1941
June 22: Beginning of the invasion.
late July: Panzers hijacked to attack Kiev.
October 2: The Germans resume the advance on Moscow.
October 4: Hitler announces that the war in the East is won
December 2: Failure of the "last wave" against Moscow.
December 5: Beginning of the Zhukov counter-offensive.
(December 7: Pearl Harbor.)
1942
April: Russian winter operations wind down.
May 9-26: Failure of the Russian offensive against Kharkov.
July 28: Start of the German summer offensive.
August 30: The Germans reach the suburbs of Stalingrad.
November 18: The Russian Winter Offensive begins.
1943
February 2: The German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad.
February 22: The Mainstein counter-offensive begins; the operations
Russian winter women are arrested.
July 4: Operation Citadel begins, the attack against the
Kursk salient.
(July 10: Allies land in Sicily.)
(July 25: Mussolini is overthrown.)
1944
(June 6: D-Day; Allies land in Normandy.)
June 21: The Soviet summer offensive begins.
1 August - 2 October: Uprising in Warsaw.
20 August - 31 October: Collapse of German positions in the Balkans.
(December 16: Start of the German offensive in the Ardennes.)
1945
January 12: Beginning of the Soviet winter offensive.
February: The Russians reach the Oder.
March 28: Guderian is fired.
April 25: Russian and American forces join at Torgau
on the Elbe, dividing Germany in two.
April 30: Hitler commits suicide.
May 2: Berlin surrenders to General Chuikov.
1941
June 22: Beginning of the invasion.
late July: Panzers hijacked to attack Kiev.
October 2: The Germans resume the advance on Moscow.
October 4: Hitler announces that the war in the East is won
December 2: Failure of the "last wave" against Moscow.
December 5: Beginning of the Zhukov counter-offensive.
(December 7: Pearl Harbor.)
1942
April: Russian winter operations wind down.
May 9-26: Failure of the Russian offensive against Kharkov.
July 28: Start of the German summer offensive.
August 30: The Germans reach the suburbs of Stalingrad.
November 18: The Russian Winter Offensive begins.
1943
February 2: The German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad.
February 22: The Mainstein counter-offensive begins; the operations
Russian winter women are arrested.
July 4: Operation Citadel begins, the attack against the
Kursk salient.
(July 10: Allies land in Sicily.)
(July 25: Mussolini is overthrown.)
1944
(June 6: D-Day; Allies land in Normandy.)
June 21: The Soviet summer offensive begins.
1 August - 2 October: Uprising in Warsaw.
20 August - 31 October: Collapse of German positions in the Balkans.
(December 16: Start of the German offensive in the Ardennes.)
1945
January 12: Beginning of the Soviet winter offensive.
February: The Russians reach the Oder.
March 28: Guderian is fired.
April 25: Russian and American forces join at Torgau
on the Elbe, dividing Germany in two.
April 30: Hitler commits suicide.
May 2: Berlin surrenders to General Chuikov.