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| ACC Stalin, Joseph |  |
| 5th June The Allied Control Commission administers Germany after its occupation by the Allies
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| Alliance of Russia Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| 25th April Konev's units make contact with Omar Bradley's 12th Army
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| Alliance of Russia Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| May Wittenberg Joins up with the British forces at Wittenberg near Lubeck
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| 7th May Wismar Montgomery & Rokossovsky join together at Wismar
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| Alliance of Russia Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Signs the treaty of Friendship & Alliance with the Government of Chiang Kai-Shek
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| Allied Control Commission Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Initial Member of the Allied Control Commission over Germany
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| Anti Fascist Parties Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Orders the creation of anti-fascist parties & trades unions in the German Soviet Zone
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| The anti-fascist parties are used for the spread of communism
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| Battle of Berlin Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Berlin Takes part in the battle for Berlin
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| Battle of Berlin Stalin, Joseph | |
| 24th April Berlin 1st day of the battle of Berlin with 1,000,000 plus Russians against 60,000 Germans
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| 25th April Berlin The USA& Russian troops meet at the River Elbe
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| 28th April Berlin 300,000 Russian soldiers are killed
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| 2nd May Berlin Berlin surrenders, 17 days after the 1st day of the battle
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| Capture of Berlin Berzarin, Nikolai Erastovich | |
| Berlin 1st of the Russian commanders to lead his troops into Berlin
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| Capture of Berlin Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| 2nd May Berlin With Zhukov shares the honour of capturing Berlin
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| Capture of Berlin Stalin, Joseph | |
| 21st April Berlin Russian troops reach the suburbs of Berlin
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| 30th April Berlin The Red Army hoists the Red Flag over the Reichstag in Berlin
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| 2nd May Berlin Berlin falls to the Allies
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| 2nd May Berlin Berlin surrenders to the Soviet Army
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| Capture of Berlin Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| 8th May Berlin Directs the capture of Berlin
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| Capture of Danzig Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| Danzig Commands the Army Group of the Byelorussian Front & capture s Danzig, April
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| Capture of Harbin Stalin, Joseph | |
| 19th Aug Harbin The Russians occupy Harbin in Manchuria
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| Capture of Mukden Stalin, Joseph | |
| 19th Aug Mukden The Russians occupy Mukden in Manchuria
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| Capture of Neisse Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| 15th Feb River Neisse Reaches the Oder-Neisse line
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| Capture of River Oder Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| 15th Feb River Oder Reaches the Oder-Neisse line
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| Capture of Vienna Stalin, Joseph | |
| 13th April Vienna Soviet forces take Vienna
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| Commandant Berlin Berzarin Berzarin, Nikolai Erastovich | |
| Appointed Commandant of Berlin
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| Appointed Commandant of Berlin
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| Commander Tank Battalion Akhromeev, Sergei Fedorovich | |
| Appointed Commander of a tank battalion
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| Ukraine Appointed Commander of a tank battalion on the 4th Ukrainian front
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| Composition of Prokofiev Prokofiev, Sergei | |
| Composes, "Cindarella"
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| Conference of Potsdam Stalin, Joseph | |
| July Potsdam A council of foreign ministers will settle differences between the 4 German zones
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| July Potsdam Germany is divided into 4 zones
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| July Potsdam Stalin reiterates his pledge given at Yalta to attack Japan
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| Conference of Yalta Stalin, Joseph | |
| Yalta Russia will gain the Kurile Islands & Sakhalin if it holds Japan on the Asian mainland
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| Yalta Russia will treat its Eastern European conquests as its sphere of influence
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| 4th Feb Yalta A meeting of "the big 3" represented by Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill
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| 4th Feb Yalta A meeting of "the big 3" to jointly gain Germany's unconditional surrender
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| 4th Feb Yalta It is agreed that the pro-soviet Polish Government in exile will govern most of Poland
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| 4th Feb Yalta Stalin agrees to invade Japan 3 months after the defeat of Germany
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| Declaration of War Stalin, Joseph | |
| 8th Aug Rusiia declares war on Japan
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| 8th Aug Russia declares war on Japan
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| Dep Comm East Germany Chuikov Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Appointed Deputy Commander of the Soviet forces og occupation in East Germany
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| Diplomacy of Russia Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Signs the treaty of Friendship & Alliance with the Government of Chiang Kai-Shek
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| April Russia informs Japan it will not renew the Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact
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| 5th April Denounces the neutrality pact with Japan signed 13th April
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| 29th April Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Poland
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| 29th April Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Yugoslavia
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| June Japan offers Russia concessions for a non-aggression pact
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| 5th June USA, Britain, Russia & France declare supreme authority over Germany
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| Field Marshal Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Appointed FM of the Soviet Union, highest rank below Stalin
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| Government of Russia Stalin, Joseph | |
| 13th April Vienna Russia establishes a provisional coaltion Government with Renner as Prime Minister
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| Head Military Training Popov Popov, Markian | |
| Appointed Head of the Military Training Administration
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| Invasion of Germany Stalin, Joseph | |
| 26th April River Elbe American & Russian troops link forces at the River Elbe
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| 2nd May Berlin The Red flag is raised over the Reichstag
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| Invasion of Manchuria Stalin, Joseph | |
| 8th Aug Manchuria Russia invade s Manchuria
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| Invasion of Poland Petrov, Ivan Efimovich | |
| Jan Leads the Russian movement into Poland
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| Invasion of Poland Stalin, Joseph | |
| 29th Jan Russian troops cross the Polish border
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| Mobilization Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| 10th Mar Vinnitsa Konev's units join Zhukov near Vinnitsa threatening the remains of the 1st Panzer Army
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| Nuclear Atomic Tests Stalin, Joseph | |
| 6th Nov The USSR announces that it will make its own atomic bomb
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| 6th Nov Moscow The USSR announces that it will make its own atomic bomb
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| Nuremberg War Trials Nikitchenko, Iona | |
| Nuremberg One of the Judges at the Nuremburg War Trials
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| 18th Oct Berlin The International Military Tribunal is opened, in the Supreme Court Building in Berlin, the first session is presided over by the Soviet judge, Nikitchenko
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| 18th Oct Berlin The prosecution enters indictments against 24 major war criminals and six criminal organizations - the leadership of the NAZI party, the Schutzstaffel (SS) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the Gestapo, the Sturmabteilung (SA
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| Nuremberg War Trials Volchkov, Alexander | |
| Nuremberg One of the Judges at the Nuremburg War Trials
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| Partition Korea Stalin, Joseph | |
| The USA & Russia partition Korea
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| Rule of Germany Stalin, Joseph | |
| 5th June USA, Britain, Russia & France declare supreme authority over Germany
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| Rule of Korea Stalin, Joseph | |
| The USA & Russia partition Korea
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| Rule of Kurile Islands Stalin, Joseph | |
| Kurile Islands Russia will gain the Kurile Islands & Sakhalin if it holds Japan on the Asian mainland
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| Rule of Poland Stalin, Joseph | |
| 29th April Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Poland
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| Rule of Sakhalin Stalin, Joseph | |
| Sakhalin Russia will gain the Kurile Islands & Sakhalin if it holds Japan on the Asian mainland
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| Surrender Germany Stalin, Joseph | |
| 7th May Berlin The German High Command signs a document of unconditional surrender
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| 9th May Berlin German commanders sign unconditional surrender, ends the war in Europe
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| Surrender Germany Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| 8th May German military leaders sign documents of surrender in Zhukov's presence
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| 9th May Prague German forces in Prague surrender to the Soviet Army
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| Treaty of Friendship & Alliance Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Signs the treaty of Friendship & Alliance with the Government of Chiang Kai-Shek
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| Treaty of Friendship Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Signs the Treaty of Friendship & Alliance with the Government of Chiang Kai-Shek
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| Treaty of Lublin Stalin, Joseph | |
| 21st April Lublin Russia signs a treaty of Mutual Assistance with the Lublin Government
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| 21st April Lublin The Yalta agreement is undermined
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