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| Battle of Rzhev Model, Otto Moritz Walter |  |
| 1st Mar Rzhev Russian forces are trapped & then destroyed |
| Battle of Stalingrad Chuikov, Vassili |  |
| Sep Stalingrad Put in charge of defendng Stalingrad |
| 18th Nov Stalingrad Crushes the Romanians & begins to entrap von Paulus 's Army |
| Battle of Stalingrad Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| Stalingrad Commands Russian forces on the Don River Front |
| Aug Stalingrad The Russians outflank & encircle the German 6th, 9th & 4th Panzer Armies |
| Battle of Stalingrad Stalin, Joseph | |
| 19th July Stalingrad Orders the Stalingrad Defence Committee to prepare the city for war immediately |
| Aug Stalingrad Gathers 190,000 men, 350 tanks, 340 planes & 8,000 guns on the Staingrad front |
| 19th Nov Stalingrad The Red Army begins to encircle the German forces besieging Stalingrad |
| Battle of Stalingrad Timoshenko, Semyon | |
| July Stalingrad Moved up to the north-west Front |
| Battle of Stalingrad Yeremenko, Andrei | |
| 4th Aug Stalingrad Arrives in Stalingrad to assume command |
| Battle of Stalingrad Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| 19th Nov Stalingrad Leads the attack on the nth & sth flanks of the Germans |
| 22nd Nov Stalingrad Captures the supply bridge at Kalach |
| 23rd Nov Stalingrad The 300,000 force of the German Sixth Army is encircled |
| 23rd Nov Stalingrad Zhukov begins attacking the German 5th Army & 4th Panzer Army in the rear |
| 25th Dec Stalingrad Zhukov drives Hoth's army back across Kotelnikov |
| 25th Dec Stalingrad Zhukov drives the German forces in the nth beyond the Chir & Aksay |
| Bombing of Stalingrad Stalin, Joseph | |
| Aug Stalingrad Refuses the Stalingrad to be evacuated in order to make the Russians defend it |
| Capture of Bessarabia Stalin, Joseph | |
| 28th June Bessarabia Succesfully demands Romania hand over Bessarabia to Russia, Germany does not object |
| Capture of Kalach Bridge Vatutin, Nikolai Fyodorovich | |
| 22nd Nov Kalach Bridge Cuts off the German 6th army's main communications |
| 22nd Nov Kalach Bridge Part of Operation Uranus, captures the only bridge over the Don |
| Capture of Lozovaya Yeremenko, Andrei | |
| Jan Lozovaya Captures Lozovaya & discovers a German camp with appalling conditions |
| Capture of Rostov Stalin, Joseph | |
| 24th July Rostov The Germans capture Rostov |
| Commander 62nd Army Chuikov, Vassili | |
| 16th July River Don Appointed Commander of the 62nd Army |
| 16th July River Don Appointed Commander of the 62nd Army to hold the Germans west of the River Don |
| Commander 64th Army Abramov, Konstantin Kirkovich | |
| 16th July River Don Appointed Commander of the 64th Army |
| Commander Black Sea Front Petrov, Ivan Efimovich | |
| Appointed Commander of the Black Sea Front |
| Commander in Chief Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Aug Appointed Commander-in-Chief, NKVD |
| Commander Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| Appointed Commander of Russian forces opposing the German 6th Army |
| Commander South East Front Yeremenko, Andrei | |
| Aug Stalingrad Appointedmand the front from Stalingrad to Kalmyk in the sth west |
| Commander Stalingrad Front Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Stalingrad Appointed Commander of Stalingrad |
| Commander Stalingrad Front Yeremenko, Andrei | |
| 9th Aug Stalingrad Appointed Commander of the Stalingrad front by Stalin |
| 9th Aug Stalingrad Yeremenko is appointed to command the entire Stalingrad front by Stalin |
| Commander Stalingrad Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Stalingrad Appointed Commander of Stalingrad |
| Composition of Shostakovitch Shostakovitch, Dmitri Dmitriyevich | |
| 11th Aug Leningrad The "Leningrad Symphony" is premiered by a half-starved orchestra |
| Conference of Washington Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 18th June Washington A 2nd front is established & atomic research intensified |
| 18th June Washington Molotov gains military assistance & economic aid |
| Conference of Washington Stalin, Joseph | |
| 1st Jan Washington A pact made at the Washington Conference becomes the nucleus of the United Nations |
| 1st Jan Washington Declaration by 26 Allies not to conclude a separate armistice |
| 18th June Washington A 2nd front is established & atomic research intensified |
| 18th June Washington Molotov gains military assistance & economic aid |
| Defense River Don Abramov, Konstantin Kirkovich | |
| 16th July River Don Give the task of defending the River Don |
| Deputy Supreme Commander Zhukov Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Stalingrad Appointed Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief by Stalin |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Joseph | |
| 23rd July Stalin informs Churchill he cannot agree to the postponement of a 2nd front until 1943 |
| Aug Moscow Churchill meets Stalin at the Kremlin |
| Aug Moscow Churchill visits Stalin & promises that sth east Europe will be attacked in 1943 |
| Aug Moscow Churchill visits Stalin & says there can be no invasion of Europe in 1942 |
| Aug Moscow Stalin has the impression that Churchill promises to invade France in 1943 |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Jospeh | |
| 15th Aug Moscow Churchill visits Moscow to discuss 'second front' issues with Stalin, Soviets suspicious over Allied strategy in Mediterranean, demand action in NW Europe |
| Dismissal Stalin, Joseph | |
| 21st July Stalin dismisses Timoshenko |
| Dismissal Timoshenko, Semyon | |
| 21st July Stalin dismisses Timoshenko |
| Field Marshal Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| Appointed Commander of the Russian forces opposing the German 6th Army |
| General Secretary Stalin, Joseph | |
| 9th Aug Stalingrad Yeremenko is appointed to command the entire Stalingrad front by Stalin |
| Invasion of Russia Stalin, Joseph | |
| 5th Jan Moscow Plans a counter-offensive at the meeting of the Stavka & State Defence Committee |
| Publication of Asimov Asimov, Isaac | |
| Publication of, "Runaround" |
| Siege of Kharkov Stalin, Joseph | |
| 17th May Barvenko Kleist counter-attacks & forces Timoshenko back |
| 17th May Barvenko Timoshenko requests further support from Stalin who just refuses a withdrawal |
| 17th May Barvenkovo Kleist counter-attacks & forces Timoshenko back |
| 17th May Barvenkovo Timoshenko requests further support from Stalin who just refuses a withdrawal |
| 19th May Barvenko Timoshenko is forced to call off his attack |
| 19th May Barvenkovo Timoshenko is forced to call off his attack |
| Siege of Kharkov Timoshenko, Semyon | |
| Jan Barvenkovo Captures the Barvenkovo salient |
| Jan Kharkov The Russians under Timosheko lay siege to Kharkov but call it off after 2 months |
| 12th May Kharkov Launches an attack to cut off Kharkov with 640,000 men, 1,200 tanks & 1,000 planes |
| 12th May Kharkov Timoshenko breaks through Heitz's VIII Corps to within 12 miles of Kharkov |
| 17th May Barvenkovo Kleist counter-attacks & forces Timoshenko back |
| 17th May Barvenkovo Timoshenko requests further support from Stalin who just refuses withdrawal |
| 19th May Barvenkovo The "Barvenkovo mousetrap" is sprung by Kleist & Paulus , 240,000 Russians are taken |
| 19th May Barvenkovo Timoshenko calls off his offensive after Kleists advance into the Barvenko salient |
| Siege of River Don Chuikov, Vassili | |
| 25th July River Don The Germans attack the 64th Army on the River Don |
| Siege of River Don Richthofen, Wolfram von | |
| 25th July River Don The Germans attack the 64th Army on the River Don |
| Siege of River Don Utvenko, Alexander | |
| 26th July River Don The 33rd Guards lose 1,000 men & are forced to retreat |
| Siege of Sevastopol Petrov, Ivan Efimovich | |
| Sevastopol Defends Sevastopol for several months before it is captured by the Germans |
| Siege of Stalingrad Vatutin, Nikolai Fyodorovich | |
| Stalingrad Commands the sth western forces |
| Siege of Stalingrad Yeremenko, Andrei | |
| 9th Aug Stalingrad Appointed Commander of the Stalingrad front by Stalin |
| Siege of Voronezh Vatutin, Nikolai Fyodorovich | |
| 5th July Voronezh Creates a new front & forces Bock to divert both Paulus & Hoth to deal with it |
| 5th July Voronezh Hoth reaches Voronezh, Vatutin is ordered to create a new Voronezh Front |
| Treaty of Anglo Soviet Stalin, Joseph | |
| 26th May London An Anglo-Soviet treaty of Alliance is signed in London |
| United Nations Stalin, Joseph | |
| 1st Jan Washington A pact made at the Washington Conference becomes the nucleus of the United Nations |
| 1st Jan Washington Declaration by 26 Allies not to conclude a separate armistice, the pact becomes the UN |
