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| Alliance Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Appointed Military attache to Chiang Kai-shek |
| Alliance Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
14th July Moscow Receives the British Ambassador, proposes a triple pact of Britain , France & Russia |
| Arrest Babel, Isaak Emmanuilovich | |
May Arrested & accused of spying for France |
| Battle of Khalkin Gol Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
Aug Khalkin Gol Defeats a Japan ese force at Khalkin-Gol in Manchuria |
| Battle of Khasan Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
20th Aug Khasan Defeats the Japan ese in their attempt toinvade Mongolia |
| Battle of Nomanhan Stalin, Joseph | |
31st Aug Nomanhan In 1 day the Japan ese suffer 50,000 casulties, their worst ever defeat |
31st Aug Nomanhan The Japan ese are prevented from making any further incursions into Russian territory |
| Battle of Nomonhan Stalin, Joseph | |
31st Aug Nomonhan Defeat by Russia convinces the Japan ese that they cannot fight against the Russians |
| Battle of Nomonhan Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
20th Aug Nomonhan Attacks the Japan ese in what began as a series of border skirmishes in May |
26th Aug Nomonhan In 4 days 40,000 Japan ese & 27,000 Russian soldiers have been killed |
26th Aug Nomonhan Russian forces stop their attacks |
31st Aug Nomonhan Destroys the IJA forces in & around Nomonhan, 45000 Japan ese soldiers were killed |
| Sep Nomonhan After Nomonhan transfers 1700 tanks, 3 cavalry Divs, 15 rifle Divs & 1500 aircraft |
Sep Nomonhan Victory over Japan at Nomonhan means that Russia does not have to fight a 2 front war |
| Capture Kiichiro, Hiranuma | |
5th July Japan publishes pictures of captured Russian soldiers |
| Capture Stalin, Joseph | |
Poland is divided between the Germans & the Russians along the River Bug |
Russia occupies the eastern zone including Galicia & the Polish Ukraine |
18th Sep Vilnyus The Russians capture Vilnyus |
| 10th Oct Estonia Forced to accept a "mutual assistance" pact with Moscow |
| 10th Oct Latvia Forced to accept a "mutual assistance" pact with Moscow |
| 10th Oct Lithuania Forced to accept a "mutual assistance" pact with Moscow |
| Central Committee Budenny, Semyon Mikhaylovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Central Committee Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich | |
| Appointed Membrer of the Central Committee |
| Commander Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commissar Kosygin, Aleksei Nikolaevich | |
| Moscow Appointed People's Commissar for the Textile Indus try |
| Communist Party Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Communist Party |
| Conference of Bucharest Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| Bucharest Litvinov's suggestion for a conference is rejected |
Bucharest Suggests a 4 power conference to defend Rumania after the German invasion of Prague |
| Congress of CP, 18th Stalin, Joseph | |
Moscow Attacks Britain & France for rejecting collective security due to fear of revolution |
Moscow Attacks Britain & France for rejecting collective security for fear of revolution |
| Death Radek, Karl Bernhardovich | |
| Death of Karl Bernhardovich Radek, in prison |
| Declaration of War Kiichiro, Hiranuma | |
Jan Russia & Japan clash on the border between Manchuria & Outer Mongolia |
| Declaration of War Stalin, Joseph | |
May Russia mobilizes against Japan on the border between Manchuria & Outer Mongolia |
| Defeat Kiichiro, Hiranuma | |
June The Russian Army defeats the Japan ese Army |
| Defeat Stalin, Joseph | |
June The Russian Army defeats the Japan ese Army |
| Aug Wipes out the 23rd division of the KMT Army |
| Defence Committee Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Appointed Member of the State Defence Committee |
| Deputy Chairman Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Appointed Deputy Chair of the State Committee for Defence |
| Diplomacy Chamberlain, Neville | |
May Russia offers a tripartiteAlliance with France & Britain |
| Diplomacy Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
May Russia offers a tripartiteAlliance with France & Britain , Churchill urges acceptence |
| Diplomacy Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
5th Oct A mutual assistancetreaty is signed between Russia & Latvia |
10th Oct A mutual assistancetreaty is signed between Russia & Lithuania |
12th Oct Negotiations between Russia & Finland take place for an exchange of territory |
| 6th Nov In a speech, blames the war on capitalism |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Joseph | |
After Nomonhan the Japan ese Foreign Minister visits Russia & signs a neutrality pact |
Says to the Japan ese Foregn Minister, "we are both Asiatics, Japan can now turn south" |
14th Mar Protests after German legions move on Prague in contravention of the Munich Agreement |
18th April The Soviet Union offers a Soviet -British -French Alliance which would guarantee the integrity of Poland , the consulations are unproductive |
May Russia offers a tripartiteAlliance with France & Britain |
19th Aug At a meeting of the Politbureau Stalin says anAlliance with Germany maybe possible |
| 20th Aug Hitler sends Stalin a telegram pressing for a pact |
20th Aug Poland refuses Russia passage, a precondition of an Anglo -Franco-Soviet agreement |
20th Aug It is anounced that Germany & Russia have concluded a commercial agreement |
24th Sep After the Russian invasion of Poland Hitler agrees to Stalin's new demands |
5th Oct A mutual assistancetreaty is signed between Russia & Latvia |
12th Oct Negotiations between Russia & Finland take place for an exchange of territory |
| 14th Oct Offers Finland land but the strategic loss causes the Fins to refuse |
28th Nov Russia cancels its 1932 non-aggreesiontreaty with Finland |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Jospeh | |
Sep Germany invades Poland & Japan & Russia agree a cease-fire |
| Diplomacy Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
Aug Moscow Meets an Anglo -French mission to discuss the defence of Poland if attacked by Germany |
| Independence Stalin, Joseph | |
21st Sep Germany & Russia declares that Poland no longer exists |
| Invasion of China Stalin, Joseph | |
Sends Zhukov against the Japan ese to teach them "a lesson they would never forget" |
| Invasion of Czech Stalin, Joseph | |
14th Mar Protests after German legions move on Prague contravening the Munich Agreement |
| Invasion of Finland Stalin, Joseph | |
30th Nov Russia attacks the Mannerheim Line toinvade Finland |
30th Nov Russia launches an attack against Finland , fighting lasts throughout the winter |
| Invasion of Poland Hitler, Adolf | |
17th Sep Russian troops march into eastern Poland |
| Invasion of Poland Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
17th Sep Russia gives the order toinvade eastern Poland which is undefended |
30th Oct Russia formally annexes it's occupied Polish territories |
| Invasion of Poland Chuikov, Vassili | |
Partakes in theinvasion of Poland |
| Invasion of Poland Stalin, Joseph | |
1st Sep The German Army crosses the Polish border |
17th Sep Russia gives the order toinvade eastern Poland which is undefended |
17th Sep The Russians invade Poland for 1 week |
17th Sep The Soviet s carry out their part of the secret appendix of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which divided Eastern Europe into Nazi and Soviet spheres of influence |
18th Sep The remains of the Polish Government & military High Command flee to Hungary |
19th Sep Brest Litovsk The Red Army & German troops join up at Brest-Litovsk |
24th Sep After the Russian invasion of Poland Hitler agrees to Stalin's new demands |
1st Oct Germany and the Soviet Union completely overrun Poland , although the Polish Government never surrendered |
| Invasion of Russia Kiichiro, Hiranuma | |
11th May Japan ese attack on disputed border areas is renewed between Japan ese and Soviet s |
| Invasion of Russia Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
11th May Nomonhan Japan ese attacks on disputed border areas is renewed between Japan ese and Russia |
| Lieutenant Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| Mannerheim Line Stalin, Joseph | |
30th Nov Mannerheim Line Russia attacks the Mannerheim Line toinvade Finland |
| Medal Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
Awarded for expelling the Japan ese 6th Army from the Mongolia n-Manchurian border |
| Military Attache Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Appointed Military attache to Chiang Kai-shek |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 2nd May Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 1st term |
| Nazi Soviet Pact Hitler, Adolf | |
24th Aug Berlin Russia & Germany will not attack each other for 10 yrs with an option for 5 more yrs |
| Nazi Soviet Pact Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
19th Aug Hands the German Ambassador von der Schulenburg a draft of the non-aggression pact |
| 23rd Aug Includes secret protocols dividing Europe into zones of influence |
| 23rd Aug Signs a pact pledging both Countries to remain neutral if the other is at war |
| Nazi Soviet Pact Stalin, Joseph | |
20th Aug Moscow Hitler cables Stalin accepting the draft NAZI-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact |
| 20th Aug Moscow Invites Ribbentrop to Moscow for 23 August |
| 23rd Aug Moscow Includes secret protocols dividing Europe into zones of influence |
24th Aug Moscow Russia & Germany will not attack each other for 10 yrs with an option for 5 more yrs |
29th Sep Moscow The Soviet Germany Boundary & Friendship Treaty is signed |
| Offensive Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
Khalkin Gol Distinguishes himself during the offensive in Mongolia against the Japan ese 6th Army |
| Partition Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2 |
28th Sep Moscow Russia is given a free hand in Lithuania |
28th Sep Moscow Russia is given land east of the Narew-Bug-San line |
| Partition Stalin, Joseph | |
28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2 |
| Peace Nobuyuki, Abe | |
Sep Germany invades Poland & Japan & Russia agree a cease-fire |
| Peace Stalin, Jospeh | |
Sep Germany invades Poland & Japan & Russia agree a cease-fire |
| Police Chief Beria Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Appointed Member of the State Defense Committee |
| Politburo Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo, full member |
| Purge Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Malenkov & Beria purge the Baltic States , 1939-1941 |
| Purge Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| Malenkov & Beria purge the Baltic States , 1939-1941 |
| Rule of Baltic Sea Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
23rd Aug Baltic Sea Under the Nazi-Soviet Pact Russia takes eastern Poland , Finland & Baltic States |
| Rule of Baltic Sea Stalin, Joseph | |
23rd Aug Baltic Sea The Nazi-Soviet Pact gives Russia eastern Poland , Finland & Baltic States |
| Rule of Finland Stalin, Joseph | |
23rd Aug The Nazi-Soviet Pact gives Russia eastern Poland , Finland & Baltic States |
| Rule of Lithuania Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
28th Sep Russia is given a free hand in Lithuania |
| Rule of Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
30th Oct Russia formally annexes it's occupied Polish territories |
| Rule of Poland Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2 |
28th Sep Moscow Russia is given land east of the Narew-Bug-San line |
| Rule of Poland Stalin, Joseph | |
23rd Aug The Nazi-Soviet Pact gives Russia eastern Poland , Finland & Baltic States |
28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2 |
30th Oct Russia formally annexes it's occupied Polish territories |
| Rule of Vilna Stalin, Joseph | |
10th Oct Vilna Vilna is restored to Lithuania while Russia gets sea & air bases |
| Siege of Prague Stalin, Joseph | |
14th Mar Prague Protests after German legions move on Prague contravening the Munich Agreement |
| Treaty of Latvia Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
5th Oct A mutual assistancetreaty is signed between Russia & Latvia |
| Treaty of Latvia Stalin, Joseph | |
5th Oct A mutual assistancetreaty is signed between Russia & Latvia |
| Treaty of Lithuania Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
10th Oct A mutual assistancetreaty is signed between Russia & Lithuania |
| Treaty of Lithuania Stalin, Joseph | |
5th Sep Vilna Vilna is transferred from Poland to Lithuania & becomes its capital |
10th Oct A mutual assistancetreaty is signed between Russia & Lithuania |
| Treaty of Munich Stalin, Joseph | |
31st Sep Munich Russia, like the USA , is excluded from thetreaty & the conference |
| 31st Sep Munich The Munichtreaty makes Russia's offer of military support to Czech academic |
| Treaty of Mutual Assistance Stalin, Joseph | |
5th Sep Latvia Russia signstreaty of Mutual Assistance with Latvia giving Russia occupation rights |
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