Table of Data Points
1945-02-04 | 1945-02-11 | Yalta Conference | President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the organization of post war Europe. | Read about 'Yalta Conference' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Yalta Conference' | |
1945-01-24 | Gleiwitz Captured | The Soviet 1st Ukrainian front captures Gleiwitz. | Read about 'Gleiwitz Captured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Gleiwitz Captured' | ||
1945-01-24 | Opole captured | The Soviet 1st Ukrainian front captures Opole. | Read about 'Opole captured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Opole captured' | ||
1944-12-29 | 1945-02-13 | Siege of Budapest | One of the bloodiest sieges of the war. German and Hungarian troops defended the city for a month and a half, against attacks by elements of Malinovsky's 2nd Ukrainian Front, before they unconditionally surrendered. | Read about 'Siege of Budapest' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Siege of Budapest' | |
1944-08-19 | Bagration Closes | The massive offensive by the 1st Baltic, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Fronts resulted in the almost complete destruction of the German Army Group Centre. The operation "was the most calamitous defeat of all the German armed forces in World War II". | Read about 'Bagration Closes' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bagration Closes' | ||
1944-07-26 | Lviv Liberated | Lviv is liberated by Soviet troops. Of the 160,000 pre-war Jewish residents of Lviv, only 300 survive. | Read about 'Lviv Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Lviv Liberated' | ||
1944-06-22 | 1944-08-19 | Operation Bagration | The 1st Baltic, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Belorussian fronts embark on an offensive to strike into the "strategic depths" of the German line, to reach the Vistula river and Warsaw and put the red army within striking distance Berlin. | Read about 'Operation Bagration' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Bagration' | |
1943-11-19 | Janowska | Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt. | Read about 'Janowska' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Janowska' | ||
1943-11-06 | Recapture of Kiev | Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings. | Read about 'Recapture of Kiev' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Recapture of Kiev' | ||
1943-04-07 | Terebovl Massacre | The 1100 Jewish residents of Terebovl, Ukraine are forced to undress to their underwear, marched to the nearby village of Plebanivka and shot. | Read about 'Terebovl Massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Terebovl Massacre' |
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