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1941
Bock, Fedor von
22nd June Moscow Responsible for the siege of Moscow
6th Oct Bryansk Encircles Bryansk
6th Oct Vyazma Encircles Vyazma
7th Nov Moscow The deadline set by Bock in Sept for surrounding Moscow is reached
Dec Moscow Admits there is no hope of "strategic success" after the failure to capture Moscow
Dec Moscow Forced back 100 miles to avoid Russian encirclement
1941
Brauchitsch, Walter von
July Moscow Brauchitsch's advice to attack Moscow directly is rejected by Hitler
1941
Guderian, Heinz
30th Sep Moscow Guderian takes Yeremenko by surprise when he begins to attack Moscow
14th Oct Kalinin 1st Panzer Division captures Kalinin 100 niles outside Moscow
14th Oct Tula Reaches Tula & threatens Moscow from the south
14th Oct Borodino The 10th Panzer Division & SS Das Reich reach Borodino, 70 miles from Moscow
1941
Hitler, Adolf
30th Sep Moscow The Germans begin their final offensive to take Moscow
5th Dec Moscow German forces lose mre than 500,000 men, Hitler's biggest loss to date
5th Dec The Soviet counter offensive hits the unsuspecting German army
1941
Hoth, Herman
Nov Moscow Pushes across the Moskva-Volga canal
1941
Kesselring, Albrecht
30th Sep Moscow Provides air support for Guderian's panzer groups
1941
Kluge, Guenther Hans von
Nov Moscow Sends a force up the Minsk Chausee, where Napoleon had marched
1941
Model, Otto Moritz Walter
Dec Kalinin Model must fight to keep the bridgeheads on the Volga near Kalinin
8th Dec Moscow Reaches within 20km of Moscow before the Red Army force Model back
1942
Hitler, Adolf
Feb Moscow By the end of Feb German forces are driven 200 miles from Moscow
1942
Model, Otto Moritz Walter
18th Jan Moscow Consolidates the front during the retreat from Moscow

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