FRONTS AND THEMES
Eastern Europe and the USSR
Dated events in this theatre or theme.
1939-03-15 — Declaration of Independence of Carpatho-Ukraine1939-09-01 — German Invasion of Poland1939-09-17 — Soviet Invasion of Poland1939-09-28 — Surrender of Warsaw1939-11-30 — Winter War1940-03-12 — Moscow Peace Treaty with Finland1940-06-14 — Soviet Ultimatum to Lithuania1940-06-28 — Romania Agrees to Cede Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina1941-04-10 — Proclamation of the Independent State of Croatia1941-06-22 — Operation Barbarossa1941-09-08 — Beginning of the Siege of Leningrad1941-09-19 — German Forces Capture Kyiv1941-10-02 — Operation Typhoon1941-12-05 — Soviet Counteroffensive at Moscow1942-01-07 — Failure of the German Offensive on Moscow1942-06-28 — Operation Blue Begins1942-07-17 — Battle of Stalingrad Begins1942-08-23 — Massive Air Raid on Stalingrad1942-11-19 — Operation Uranus1942-11-23 — Encirclement Ring Closes at Stalingrad1943-02-02 — Battle of Stalingrad Ends1943-07-05 — Battle of Kursk1943-09-25 — Red Army Retakes Smolensk1943-11-06 — Liberation of Kyiv1944-01-27 — Siege of Leningrad Fully Lifted1944-03-19 — Germany Occupies Hungary1944-04-08 — Crimean Offensive1944-04-10 — Nazi Forces Driven from Odesa1944-06-22 — Operation Bagration1944-08-01 — Warsaw Uprising1944-10-02 — Warsaw Uprising Ends1944-10-06 — Fighting at the Dukla Pass1945-01-12 — Vistula–Oder Offensive1945-04-16 — Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation1945-04-30 — Suicide of Adolf Hitler