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Soviet Russia during the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945)

Soviet Russia during the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945)

  1. Germany invades the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)

    Labels: Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union

  2. State Defense Committee (GKO) created for wartime rule

    Labels: State Defense, Soviet government

  4. Battle of Moscow begins (Operation Typhoon)

    Labels: Operation Typhoon, Battle of

  5. Soviet counteroffensive drives Germans back from Moscow

    Labels: Soviet counteroffensive, Moscow

  6. Stalin issues Order No. 227 (“Not one step back”)

    Labels: Order No, Joseph Stalin

  7. Battle of Stalingrad begins as Germans reach the Volga

    Labels: Battle of, Stalingrad

  8. Operation Uranus encircles Axis forces at Stalingrad

    Labels: Operation Uranus, Red Army

  9. Battle of Stalingrad ends with Axis surrender

    Labels: Stalingrad surrender, Axis forces

  10. Battle of Kursk ends Germany’s offensive capability

    Labels: Battle of, Kursk salient

  11. Tehran Conference coordinates Allied strategy with Stalin

    Labels: Tehran Conference, Allied leaders

  12. Siege of Leningrad ends after 872 days

    Labels: Lifting of, Leningrad

  13. Operation Bagration destroys German Army Group Centre

    Labels: Operation Bagration, Army Group

  14. Yalta Conference plans postwar Europe as Soviet armies advance

    Labels: Yalta Conference, Allied summit

  15. Battle of Berlin ends with Soviet capture of the city

    Labels: Battle of, Soviet forces

  16. Germany signs unconditional surrender; war ends in Europe

    Labels: German surrender, Victory in