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surrounded
German Panzer corps are surrounded at the Don. -
Period: to
Russian production of aircraft
soviets produced 15,800 aircraft -
Operation Barbarossa
invasion of Russia starts -
Army group South attack southern Russia
The German Offensive Starts. -
major pocket of resistance destroyed
kharkov pocket destroyed -
panzer attack
Veronezh is captured by Germans -
major pocket of resistance destroyed
pocket of resistance around Millerovo,Rostov,Oblast destroyed -
other armies assist
the germans are assisted by the Italiens,Hungarians and Romaoians -
stalin
stalin states"not one step backwards" -
Germans pushed the Soviets back
Soviets are pushed accross the river Don -
German forces attack
German attack Soviets at Kalach -
General Paulus attacks
Hitler tells Paulus to attack Stalingrad -
Period: to
German air superiority
the Soviet air Force lost 201 aircraft and the Germans had air supperiority. -
Germans stopped
german forces are stopped in the Caucasus -
Offensive stops
Hitler stops all further offensives against Soviet targets for the year -
new Offensive
germans show a new offensive in the Caucasus -
breakthrough
Soviets breakthrough the Romanian held lines -
encirclement
two elements of the Soviet army meet at Kalach-effectively encircling the German 6th Army. -
attempt to resupply
german Luftwaffe try to resupply troops -
retreat
Italien Army goes in full retreat from the Soviets -
retreat
gereman Army group a is ordered to retreat from the Caucasus -
Surrender
general Paulus surrenders