Table of Data Points
1941-10-03 | Oryol Occupied | Oryol is occupied by Wehrmacht troops. It would not be liberated until the 5th of August 1943, after being almost completely destroyed during the Battle of Kursk. | Read about 'Oryol Occupied' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Oryol Occupied' | ||
1941-09-08 | Lenningrad Encircled | The last land connection to the besieged city was severed when Germans troops reached Lake Ladoga at Orekhovets. The city would remained under siege for 872 days. | Read about 'Lenningrad Encircled' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Lenningrad Encircled' | ||
1941-08-16 | Mykolaiv Falls | Troops from Army Group South capture Soviet naval base in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv. | Read about 'Mykolaiv Falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Mykolaiv Falls' | ||
1941-08-08 | 1941-10-16 | Siege of Odessa | It took 73 days and 93,000 casualties for the Romanian army and elements of the German 11th army to take Odessa. | Read about 'Siege of Odessa' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Siege of Odessa' | |
1941-07-15 | 1941-08-08 | Uman | The German encirclement of the 6th and 12th Soviet armies. This occured during the initial offensive operations of Rundstedt's Army Group South during Operation Barbarossa. | Read about 'Uman' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Uman' | |
1941-07-07 | Beirut Occupied | British and Free French troops occupy Beirut. | Read about 'Beirut Occupied' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Beirut Occupied' | ||
1941-07-07 | US Occupies Iceland | US troops from the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade take over the occupation and defence of Iceland from the British garrison who is needed elsewhere. | Read about 'US Occupies Iceland' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'US Occupies Iceland' | ||
1941-07-06 | 1941-08-05 | Germans encircle Smolensk | The 2nd and 3rd panzer army's largely successful encirclement of the 16th, 19th and the 20th Armies south of Smolensk. 200,000 troops from the 19th managed to escape the pocket, leading Hitler to abandon the encirclement as a tactical goal. | Read about 'Germans encircle Smolensk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Germans encircle Smolensk' | |
1941-06-30 | Fall of Lviv | In advance of German troops, NKVD and NKGB troops retreating from the city of Lviv murder the occupants of the Lviv's prisons. German troops capture the city. | Read about 'Fall of Lviv' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Fall of Lviv' | ||
1941-06-28 | Minsk Falls | 290,000 Soviet troops are captured, 1,500 artillery pieces and 2,500 armoured vehicles are destroyed when German troops from Army Group Center capture Minsk. Hitler is furious when he learns that 250,000 Soviet troops escaped the cauldron. | Read about 'Minsk Falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Minsk Falls' |
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