History and chronology of Heinz Guderian in Germany

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Military
World War, 2nd

Events

Anschluss
Arrest
Barbarossa
Battle Dunkirk
Battle Montcornet
Battle Polish Corridor
Battle River Meuse
Capture Abbeville
Capture Boulogne
Capture Brest Lit
Capture Kalinin
Capture Sedan
Capture Ukraine
Chief General Staff
Colonel
Commander
Counter Attack
Dismissal
Inspector Armoured Troops
Invasion France
Invasion Poland
Invasion Russia
Mobilization
Plot
Siege Kiev
Siege Minsk
Siege Moscow
Siege Smolensk

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Aa Canal
Abbeville
Arras
Borodino
Boulogne
Brest Litiovsk
Brest Litovsk
Dunkirk
Kalinin
Kiev
Minsk
Montcornet
Moscow
Polish Corridor
River Meuse
Sedan
Smolensk
Tula
Ukraine

Heinz Guderian History of Germany


1938	Anschluss
12th Mar Commands the 2nd Panzer Division through Linz to Vienna during the Anscluss
1939	Battle of Polish Corridor
5th Sep Polish Corridor The battle had cost 150 killed from 4 Divisions
1939	Capture of Brest Lit
17th Sep Brest Litiovsk Commands a Panzer force which captures Brest-Litovsk
17th Sep Brest Litovsk Commands a Panzer force which captures Brest-Litovsk
1939	Commander
Appointed Commander XIX Panzer Corps
1939	Invasion of Poland
1st Sep Commands XIX Panzer Corps, perfects his blitzkrieg technique
4th Sep Polish Corridor Cross es the Polish corridor
1940	Barbarossa
Nov The XIX Corps is expanded for the invasion of Russia
1940	Battle of Dunkirk
20th May Dunkirk Reaches the Channel Coast
21st May Arras An Allied counter-attack briefly stops the Germans
24th May Aa Canal 1st Panzer Division breaches the Aa Canal, 15 kilometers from Dunkirk
24th May Dunkirk Hitler orders the left wing to stop, it is forbidden to cross the Aa
26th May Dunkirk The "halt order" is lifted & the Panzers resume their advance
4th June Dunkirk The French rearguard surrenders
1940	Battle of Montcornet
17th May Montcornet Manages to fend off de Gaulle's attempt to break off his supply lines
1940	Battle of River Meuse
12th May River Meuse From Dinant to Sedan the Germans are within reach of the River Meuse
12th May Sedan Reaches Sedan
13th May River Meuse Guderian crosses the River Meuse
17th May River Meuse Ordered by Rundstedt to launch a "reconnaissance in force", undermines Hitler
1940	Capture of Abbeville
20th May Abbeville Guderain's tanks break through to Abbeville
1940	Capture of Boulogne
24th May Boulogne Guderain's tanks capture Boulogne
24th May Boulogne Ordered to halt by the German High Command & not to advance on Dunkirk
1940	Capture of Sedan
14th May Sedan Breaks through Sedan & reaches the Channel coast within 1 week
1940	Colonel
May Appointed Colonel General after his 19th corps defeat the French at Sedan
May Appointed Colonel General
1940	Invasion of France
Guderain's blitzkrieg policy is accepted by the German High Command
19th May Advances as far as the Channel Coast
22nd June Advanced as far as the Swiss border when France surrenders
1941	Barbarossa
7th Nov Moscow Progress on Moscow is stopped due to the weather & Russian resistance
21st Nov Reports to Hitler that the Russian weather has brought his forces to a standstill
1941	Capture of Kalinin
14th Oct Kalinin Captures Kalinin severing the Leningrad-Moscow railway line
1941	Capture of Ukraine
Ukraine Encircles the Ukraine by Sept but Moscow cannot be captured in 1941
1941	Counter Attack
5th Dec The Russians begin their counter-attack
1941	Dismissal
25th May Relieved of his command by Hitler after the Panzers are forced onto the defensive
1941	Invasion of Russia
7th Nov Moscow Progress on Moscow is stopped due to the weather & Russian resistance
21st Nov Reports to Hitler that the Russian weather has brought his forces to a standstill
1941	Siege of Kiev
21st Sep Kiev Rundstedt & Guderian complete the encirclement of Kiev
1941	Siege of Minsk
27th June Minsk Hoth & Guderian encircle Minsk trapping 300,000 Russian soldiers
1941	Siege of Moscow
30th Sep Moscow Guderian takes Yeremenko by surprise when he begins to attack Moscow
14th Oct Kalinin 1st Panzer Division captures Kalinin 100 niles outside Moscow
14th Oct Tula Reaches Tula & threatens Moscow from the south
14th Oct Borodino The 10th Panzer Division & SS Das Reich reach Borodino, 70 miles from Moscow
1941	Siege of Smolensk
8th Aug Smolensk Helps encircle large Russian forces at Smolensk
1943	Inspector Armoured Troops
Appointed Inspector of Armoured Troops & Works
Appointed Inspector of Armoured Troops & Works increase tank production
1944	Chief of General Staff
21st July Appointed Chief-of-General-Staff
1944	Commander
21st July Appointed Commander of the Eastern Front
1944	Mobilization
21st July Directs the Eastern front
1944	Plot
July Made aware of the July conspiracy
1945	Arrest
Arrested but released after not being charged with any war crimes
1945	Dismissal
28th Mar Dismissed for failing to check the Red Army's advance on Berlin