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| 1941 | Barbarossa |  |
| 20th Nov Rostov on Don Kleist's Panzers seize a bridge over the Don but are forced back by Timoshenko |
| 1941 | Capture | |
| Jan Lozovaya Captures Lozovaya & discovers a German camp with appalling conditions |
| 1941 | Invasion of Russia | |
| 21st June Timoshenko & Zhukov co-sign the order to put all forces on alert |
| 20th Nov Rostov on Don Kleist's Panzers seize a bridge over the Don but are forced back by Timoshenko |
| 1942 | Battle of Stalingrad | |
| July Stalingrad Moved up to the north-west Front |
| 1942 | Dismissal | |
| 21st July Stalin dismisses Timoshenko |
| 1942 | Siege of Kharkov | |
| Jan Barvenkovo Captures the Barvenkovo salient |
| Jan Kharkov The Russians under Timosheko lay siege to Kharkov but call it off after 2 months |
| 12th May Kharkov Launches an attack to cut off Kharkov with 640,000 men, 1,200 tanks & 1,000 planes |
| 12th May Kharkov Timoshenko breaks through Heitz's VIII Corps to within 12 miles of Kharkov |
| 17th May Barvenkovo Kleist counter-attacks & forces Timoshenko back |
| 17th May Barvenkovo Timoshenko requests further support from Stalin who just refuses withdrawal |
| 19th May Barvenkovo The "Barvenkovo mousetrap" is sprung by Kleist & Paulus , 240,000 Russians are taken |
| 19th May Barvenkovo Timoshenko calls off his offensive after Kleists advance into the Barvenko salient |
