World War II Stalingrad Sabrina&Brittany

Spring

Period: Mar 21, 1942 to Jun 21, 1942

Hitler placed major emphasis in the summer campaign on the Southern part of Germany-Soviet front in operation Blau

Voronezh

Jul 6, 1942

Hitler sent General Fedor Von Bock's army group south east from around Kursk to secure Voronezh which fell to the Germans

Formation of Armies (Russian)

Jul 12, 1942

The Soviet General Staff had formed the Stalingrad front consisting of the 62nd. 63rd, and 64th armies all under command of Marshal Semen K Timoshenko

Change of Plans

Jul 13, 1942

Hitler ordered a change of plans demanding the simultaneous capture of Stalingrad

The Battle

Period: Jul 17, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943

The entire battle of Stalingrad

Rostov

Jul 23, 1942

Army group A captured Rostov

Change of Positions

Jul 27, 1942

Marshal Semen K Timoshenko replaced General V. N. Gordov

Hoth's Fourth Army

Aug 11, 1942

Hitler ordered Hoth's Fourth Army from the Caucasus North to the West banks of the Volga

Volga and Bombing

Aug 23, 1942

The sixth army reached the Volga North of Stalingrad and 1,000 German planes bombed Stalingrad

Battle

Aug 24, 1942

A costly battle of attrition raged over Stalingrad

Stalin

Aug 29, 1942

Stalin arrived at Stalingrad to take overall charge of the operations

Operation Uranus

Nov 19, 1942

Youtube VideoOperation Uranus began and was timed to coincide with the frosts

Operation Uranus: Day Two

Nov 20, 1942

The second day of Operation Uranus the Soviets sent between 1,350 and 1,414 combat aircrafts to Stalingrad

Operation Uranus in action

Nov 23, 1942

Operation Uranus had encircled the sixth army and had driven some units of the fourth army into the pocket

Pitomnik

Jan 16, 1943

The Soviets took Pitomnik, the principal airfield in the pocket of Stalingrad

Surrender

Feb 2, 1943

The Northern group of German units surrendered (Last group)