Events

Events 1939–1945

A chronology of events across the European theatres of war. The database grows over time — a missing entry does not mean nothing happened.

1939

1 Sept 1939 – 6 Oct 1939Invasion of Poland (September Campaign)Campaign · Eastern Front · PolandShow on map →
1 Sept 1939 – 7 Sept 1939Battle of WesterplatteBattle · Eastern Front · Westerplatte, DanzigShow on map →
9 Sept 1939 – 19 Sept 1939Battle of the BzuraBattle · Eastern Front · Kutno–Łowicz areaShow on map →
17 Sept 1939 – 6 Oct 1939Soviet invasion of PolandOccupation · Eastern Front · Eastern PolandShow on map →

3 Apr 1940 – 19 May 1940Katyn massacreCrimes & persecution · Eastern Front · Katyn Forest, Kalinin, Kharkiv and other sitesShow on map →
15 Jun 1940 – 6 Aug 1940Soviet occupation and annexation of the Baltic statesOccupation · Eastern Front · Estonia, Latvia, LithuaniaShow on map →
28 Jun 1940 – 4 Jul 1940Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern BukovinaOccupation · Eastern Front · Bessarabia and Northern BukovinaShow on map →

22 Jun 1941 – 5 Dec 1941Operation BarbarossaCampaign · Eastern Front · Soviet western border (Brest Fortress)Show on map →
10 Jul 1941 – 10 Sept 1941Battle of Smolensk (1941)Battle · Eastern Front · SmolenskShow on map →
23 Aug 1941 – 26 Sept 1941Battle of Kiev (1941)Battle · Eastern Front · Kiev and the left bank of the DnieperShow on map →
8 Sept 1941 – 27 Jan 1944Siege of LeningradBattle · Eastern Front · Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)Show on map →
29 Sept 1941 – 30 Sept 1941Babi Yar massacreCrimes & persecution · Eastern Front · Babi Yar ravine, KyivShow on map →
2 Oct 1941 – 7 Jan 1942Battle of MoscowBattle · Eastern Front · Approaches to MoscowShow on map →
30 Oct 1941 – 4 Jul 1942Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)Battle · Eastern Front · Sevastopol, CrimeaShow on map →

12 May 1942 – 28 May 1942Second Battle of KharkovBattle · Eastern Front · Kharkov and the Izium salientShow on map →
28 Jun 1942 – 24 Nov 1942Case Blue — German summer offensive 1942Campaign · Eastern Front · Southern Russia: Voronezh, Don and CaucasusShow on map →
17 Jul 1942 – 2 Feb 1943Battle of StalingradBattle · Eastern Front · Stalingrad (Volgograd)Show on map →

9 Feb 1943 – 29 Feb 1944Massacres of Poles in VolhyniaCrimes & persecution · Eastern Front · VolhyniaShow on map →
5 Jul 1943 – 23 Aug 1943Battle of KurskBattle · Eastern Front · Kursk salientShow on map →
26 Aug 1943 – 23 Dec 1943Battle of the DnieperCampaign · Eastern Front · Dnieper river, UkraineShow on map →

2 Feb 1944 – 10 Aug 1944Battle of Narva (1944)Battle · Eastern Front · Narva and the Sinimäed hillsShow on map →
22 Jun 1944 – 19 Aug 1944Operation BagrationCampaign · Eastern Front · BelarusShow on map →
13 Jul 1944 – 29 Aug 1944Lvov–Sandomierz offensiveCampaign · Eastern Front · Lwów and the upper VistulaShow on map →
1 Aug 1944 – 2 Oct 1944Warsaw UprisingResistance · Eastern Front · WarsawShow on map →
29 Aug 1944 – 28 Oct 1944Slovak National UprisingResistance · Eastern Front · Central Slovakia (Banská Bystrica)Show on map →

12 Jan 1945 – 2 Feb 1945Vistula–Oder offensiveCampaign · Eastern Front · Central Poland, Vistula to OderShow on map →
13 Jan 1945 – 25 Apr 1945East Prussian offensiveCampaign · Eastern Front · East PrussiaShow on map →
16 Mar 1945 – 15 Apr 1945Vienna offensiveCampaign · Eastern Front · ViennaShow on map →
6 Apr 1945 – 9 Apr 1945Battle of KönigsbergBattle · Eastern Front · KönigsbergShow on map →
16 Apr 1945 – 2 May 1945Battle of BerlinBattle · Eastern Front · BerlinShow on map →
5 May 1945 – 8 May 1945Prague uprisingResistance · Eastern Front · PragueShow on map →