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