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Red Army counteroffensive begins near Moscow

📅 5 Desèmber 1941

Soviet forces launched a counteroffensive that pushed German troops away from Moscow. The victory halted Germany’s immediate advance on the capital but came after enormous military and civilian losses...

Soviet offensive near Kharkiv begins

📅 12 Mei 1942

The Red Army launched an offensive that was encircled and defeated by German forces. The failure cost lives and equipment and left a large area of Ukraine exposed to occupation and further atrocities.

Order No. 227 demands that troops “not retreat”

📅 28 Yüli 1942

The order imposed severe discipline, established penal units, and authorized blocking detachments. It reflected the military crisis of 1942 and the state’s use of coercion to prevent retreat;...

Operation Uranus begins

📅 19 Novèmber 1942

Soviet forces attacked the weaker flanks of the German-led forces around Stalingrad and encircled the Sixth Army. The operation depended on mobilization across multiple Soviet republics and the...

Vistula-Oder offensive begins

📅 12 Yanüari 1945

The Red Army launched an offensive that drove German forces west and brought Soviet troops into central Europe. It advanced the defeat of Nazi Germany while extending Soviet military and political...

Trotsky speaks on building a new Red Army

📅 22 April 1918

He argued for creating a disciplined regular army as civil war expanded, a break with older socialist militia expectations. The policy relied on conscription and former imperial officers, raising...