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| Armia Ludowa Stalin, Joseph |  |
| Jan Founds the Peoples Army in Poland, a rival Polish Army to fight the Germans |
| Battle of Budapest Malinowsky, Rodion Yakovlevich | |
| 29th Oct Budapest Launches an attack on Budapest but within 1 week is forced to disengage |
| 26th Dec Budapest The encirclement of Budapest is completed by the Russians |
| Battle of Kirovograd Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| 5th Jan Kirovograd Kirovograd is liberated by the Russians |
| Battle of Riga Popov, Markian | |
| Riga Fails to take Riga & is replaced by Yeremenko |
| Capture of Bucharest Stalin, Joseph | |
| 31st Aug Bucharest Russian forces enter Bucharest |
| Capture of Bucharest Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| 31st Aug Bucharest The Soviet Army enters Bucharest capital of Romania |
| Capture of Crimea Stalin, Joseph | |
| 9th May Crimea Russia recaptures Crimea by taking Sevastopol |
| Capture of Danube Malinowsky, Rodion Yakovlevich | |
| 25th Aug River Danube Malinovsky links up with General Tolbukhin's Army in the Danube Delta |
| Capture of Grodno Chernyakovsky, Ivan | |
| 30th Aug Grodno Captures Grodno from the Germans |
| Capture of Kaunas Chernyakovsky, Ivan | |
| 31st July Kaunas Captures Kaunas from the Germans |
| Capture of Lublin Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| 23rd July Lublin Captures Lublin from the Germans |
| Capture of Lublin Stalin, Joseph | |
| 23rd July Lublin 1st Belorussian front enters Lublin |
| Capture of Lwow Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| 27th July Lwow Captures Lwow |
| Capture of Minsk Stalin, Joseph | |
| 11th July Minsk The way to Poland is open to the Red Army |
| Capture of Narva Gorov, Nikolai | |
| 26th July Narva Captures Narva from the Germans |
| Capture of Tuva Stalin, Joseph | |
| Tuva The Soviet Union annexes Tuva and closes the region to the outside world |
| Capture of Vilna Chernyakovsky, Ivan | |
| 11th July Vilna Captures Vilna from the Germans |
| Capture of Vitebsk Chernyakovsky, Ivan | |
| 11th July Vitebsk Captures Vitebsk from the Germans |
| Commander Baltic Front Popov, Markian | |
| Appointed Commander of the Second Baltic Front |
| Commander Belorussian Front Petrov, Ivan Efimovich | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Belorussian Front |
| Commander Ukraine Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Ukranian Front |
| Commander Ukraine Petrov, Ivan Efimovich | |
| Aug Appointed Commander of the 4th Ukranian Front |
| Committee Lublin Stalin, Joseph | |
| 27th July Moscow The committee subordinate the Poles fighting with the Russians to Russia |
| 27th July Moscow The Lublin Committee to set up a Communist infrastructure in Poland meets Stalin |
| Composition of Prokofiev Prokofiev, Sergei | |
| Composes, "Ivan the Terrible" |
| Composes, "Symphony No 5" |
| Conference of Dumbarton Oaks Stalin, Joseph | |
| 21st Aug Dumbarton Oaks The US, Britain, Russia and China open the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, DC, It lays the foundation for the establishment of the UN |
| Death of Vatutin, Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Nikolai Fyodorovich | |
| Death of Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin |
| Declaration of War Stalin, Joseph | |
| 5th Sep Bulgaria declares war on Germany then declares an armistice with Russia |
| 5th Sep Russia declares war on Bulgaria |
| Deportation Caucasus Stalin, Joseph | |
| Russian security forces deport 100,000 from the north Caucasus |
| Deportation Chechens Stalin, Joseph | |
| Russian security forces deport the entire Chechen nation of 400,000 |
| Deportation Ingush Stalin, Joseph | |
| Russian security forces deport the entire Ingush nation of 100,000 |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Joseph | |
| Dumbarton Oaks Accepts Chiang Kai-shek's China as a "big 5" member of the UN Security Council |
| Moscow Churchill flies to Moscow & discusses postwar Europe with Stalin |
| Mar The Finns ask for peace but Stalin's terms are unacceptable |
| June Normandy Ath Churchill's request Stalin agrees to an offensive during the Normandy landings |
| Exile of Stalin Stalin, Joseph | |
| 23rd Feb Orders mass deportation of Caucasian Muslim nations, Chechens & Ingush to Kazakhstan are deported for resisting Soviet ruleand abetting the Germans, 475,000 persons are evicted |
| 26th Dec Crimea Stalin deports 250,000 Tatars from Crimea to Uzbekistan, they do not return home until the fall of the Soviet Union |
| Foundation of United Nations Stalin, Joseph | |
| 21st Aug Dumbarton Oaks The US, Britain, Russia and China open the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, DC, It lays the foundation for the establishment of the UN |
| Front Baltic Yeremenko, Andrei | |
| 10th July Yeremenko strikes at Hansen's 16th German Army |
| Front Belorussian, 1st Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| 23rd June Minsk Attacks the Minsk highway |
| 20th July River Bug Reaches the River Bug, west of Kovel, 1939 Polish border |
| Front Belorussia Stalin, Joseph | |
| 20th July River Bug The Russians reach the 1939 Polish border, west of Kovel |
| Front Karelian Meretskov, Kiril | |
| 21st June Karelia Attacks the Finns between Lake Ladoga & Lake Onega |
| Front Ukraine Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| 24th Jan Ukraine About 60,000 German troops are encircled |
| 13th July Ukraine Konev begins to attack Army Group North Ukraine |
| 22nd July Brody Creates a pocket, 25,000 Germans had been killed & 17,000 captured |
| Invasion of Bulgaria Stalin, Joseph | |
| Sep Russia invades Bulgaria |
| Invasion of Czech Stalin, Joseph | |
| 18th Oct Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during World War II |
| Invasion of Hungary Stalin, Joseph | |
| 23rd Oct The Soviet army invades Hungary |
| Invasion of Poland Stalin, Joseph | |
| 6th Jan The Red Army crosses into Poland |
| 17th Jan Russia rejects a Polish proposal to negotiate a boundary dispute |
| Invasion of Romania Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| 20th Aug The Ukranian Front advances into Romania |
| Invasion of Ruthenia Petrov, Ivan Efimovich | |
| Oct Ruthenia Leads the Russian movement into Ruthenia |
| Invasion of Slovakia Petrov, Ivan Efimovich | |
| Nov Slovakia Leads the Russian movement into Slovakia |
| Invasion of Ukraine Stalin, Joseph | |
| June As agreed at Tehran Stalin launches an offensive from Leningrad to the Ukraine |
| Marshal Ivanovich, Fyodor | |
| Appointed Marshal |
| Marshal Malinowsky, Rodion Yakovlevich | |
| Appointed Marshal |
| Minister of Armaments Ustinov, Dmitry Fedorovich | |
| Appointed Minister for Armaments |
| Minister of Building Kaganovich, Lazar Moiseevich | |
| Appointed Minister of the Building Materials Department |
| Occupation Finland Rendulic, Lothar |  |
| 3rd Sep Russia demands German withdrawal from Finland |
| Overlord Stalin, Joseph | |
| June Normandy Ath Churchill's request Stalin agrees to an offensive during the Normandy landings |
| Peace Stalin, Joseph | |
| 25th Aug Finland asks Russia for peace terms |
| 4th Sep A ceasefire is agreed between the Finns & the Soviet Forces on the Finnish front |
| 5th Sep Bulgaria decides to agree an armistice with Russia & declare war on Germany |
| Polish National Council Stalin, Joseph | |
| 1st Jan Founds the Polish National Council to establish Communist rulein Poland |
| Rebellion Stalin, Joseph | |
| 1st Aug Warsaw Warsaw rebels against the Germans, Stalin encourages it but does not provide support |
| Rule of Bulgaria Stalin, Joseph | |
| Stalin suggests to Churchill that Bulgaria should be 75% Russian 25% British-American |
| Rule of Crimea Stalin, Joseph | |
| 26th Dec Crimea Stalin deports 250,000 Tatars from Crimea to Uzbekistan, they do not return home until the fall of the Soviet Union |
| Rule of Romania Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Stalin suggests to Churchill that Romania should be 90% Russian 10% British |
| Rule of Tuva Stalin, Joseph | |
| Tuva The Soviet Union annexes Tuva and closes the region to the outside world |
| Siege of Budapest Stalin, Joseph | |
| 26th Dec Budapest Advancing Soviet troops surround Budapest |
| Siege of Korsun Stalin, Joseph | |
| 25th Jan Korsun The 1st & 2nd Ukranian Fronts attempt to cut off the Germans |
| 2nd Feb Korsun The Korsun pocket is closed |
| Siege of Leningrad Govorov, Leonid | |
| 14th Jan Leningrad Begins the offensive to recapture Leningrad |
| Siege of Leningrad Stalin, Joseph | |
| 27th Jan Leningrad 633,000 civilians had died from starvation & a 200,000 from German military action |
| 27th Jan Leningrad The Soviet Union announces the end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted 880 days with 600,000 killed |
| 28th Jan River Luga The Germans fall back to the River Luga |
| Siege of Odessa Stalin, Joseph | |
| 10th April Odessa Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis. |
| Siege of Sevastopol Stalin, Joseph | |
| 9th May Sevastopol Russia recaptures Crimea by taking Sevastopol |
| Siege of Warsaw Stalin, Joseph | |
| Warsaw Stalin allows the Nazis to crush the Warsaw rebellion so he can occupy a weaker Poland |
| Surrender Hungary Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Nov Signs the Armistice with Hungary for the Allies |
| Ukranian Front Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| 10th Mar Vinnista Konev's units make contact Zhukov threatening the remains of the 1st Panzer Army |
