The Great Patriotic War 1943-1945
This year we celebrate the 70
th anniversary.
In this war 6.8 million Soviet
soldiers were killed, and 4.4
million died in captivity. The
Soviet Union lost 26.6 million
men and women in total.
1941-1945
Chronology
of
the Great Patriotic War
The main events in 1941
Defense of the Brest fortress.
Defeat of Red Army in Belarus.
On July 10 - on October 10 - Smolensk battle.
Defeat of Red Army near Kiev.
On September 8 - the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad.
On October 30 - the beginning of defense of Sevastopol.
On September 30 - the beginning of the Moscow battle.
Defense of the Brest fortress.
22 June 1941
Defeat of Red Army in Belarus.
Smolensk battle
On July 10 - on October 10
The beginning of defense of Sevastopol.
On October 30
The beginning of the Moscow battle.
On September 30
The beginning of the Siege of Leningrad
On September 8
The Siege of Leningrad, was a
prolonged military operation undertaken by the
German Army Group North against Leningrad
the Eastern Front theatre of World War II.
The siege started on 8 September 1941 and
finally lifted on 27 January 1944, 872 days after
it began. The capture of Leningrad was one of
three strategic goals in the German Operation
Barbarossa and the main target of Army Group
North.
 The
strategy was motivated by Leningrad's
political status as the former capital
of Russia and the symbolic capital of
the Russian Revolution, its military
importance as a main base of the Soviet
Baltic Fleet and its industrial strength,
housing numerous arms factories
On 10 July, both Ostrov and Pskov were captured and the 18th Army
reached Narva ,from where advance toward Leningrad continued from
the Luga River line. This had the effect of creating siege positions from
the Gulf of Finland to Lake Ladoga, with the eventual aim of isolating
Leningrad from all directions. The Finnish Army was then expected to
advance along the eastern shore of Lake Ladoga
Finland's role in Operation Barbarossa was laid out in Hitler's Directive
21, «The mass of the Finnish army will have the task, in accordance with
the advance made by the northern wing of the German armies, of tying
up maximum Russian strength by attacking to the west, or on both sides,
of Lake Ladoga»
Defence
The defensive operation to protect the 1,400,000 civilian evacuees was
part of the Leningrad counter-siege operations under the command of
Andrei Zhdanov, Kliment Voroshilov and Aleksei Kuznetsov.
The two-and-a-half year siege caused the greatest destruction and
the largest loss of life ever known in a modern city. The 872 days of the
siege caused unparalleled famine in the Leningrad region through
disruption of utilities, water, energy and food supplies. This resulted in the
deaths of up to 1,500,000 soldiers and civilians and the evacuation of
1,400,000 more, mainly women and children, many of whom died during
evacuation due to starvation and bombardment
CASUALTIES AND LOSSES

1,017,881 killed, captured or missing
2,418,185 wounded and sick
Total: 3,436,066 casualties
Civilians:
642,000 during the siege, 400,000 at
evacuations
The main events in 1942.
Lyubansky operation; defeat of the 2nd shock army of the general
Vlasov.
Defeat of Red Army in the Crimea.
Defeat of Red Army near Kharkov.
July 28 - Order of the Supreme Commander No. 227
On July 17 - the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
July - the beginning of fight for the Caucasus.
On November 19 - the beginning of counterattack of the Soviet Army
near Stalingrad
.
the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad
On July 17
The main events in 1943.
On January 12 - break of the Siege of Leningrad.
On February 2, 1943 - capitulation of the German army
near Stalingrad.
On July 5 - on August 23 - Kursk fight.
On July 12 - tank battle near Prokhorovkaya.
On November 6 - liberation of Kiev.
November 28 - Teheran conference.
Kursk fight
On July 5 - on August 23
the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad
On July 17
The main events in 1944.
January - a final lifting the siege from Leningrad.
Mart - an exit of the Soviet Army to frontier of the USSR.
Mai - liberation of the Crimea.
On June-29 23 August - Defeat of group of Centre armies.
Liberation of Belarus, part of Lithuania and Latvia. The entry
of the Soviet troops on the territory of Poland.
The main events in 1945.
On January 12 on February-3. Liberation of Poland.
4 - February 12 - Yalta conference.
On April 19-25 - an environment of Berlin.
On April 25 - a meeting of allies in Torgau.
On April 30 - a capture of the Reichstag.
On May 2 - capitulation of the Berlin garrison.
On May 5 - anti-fascist revolt in Prague.
On May 8 - capitulation of Germany.
May 9 - Victory Day.
Yalta conference
4 - February 12
Women in World War II took on a
variety of roles from country to
country. During World War II,
approximately 400,000 U.S.
women served with the armed
forces and more than 460 — some
sources say the figure is closer to
543 — lost their lives as a result
of the war, including 16 from
enemy fire.
Liudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko
The Soviet Union mobilized women at an early stage of the war, integrating
them into the main army units, and not using the "auxiliary" status. Some
800,000 women served, most of whom were in front-line duty units About
300,000 served in anti-aircraft units and performed all functions in the
batteries—including firing the guns. A small number were combat flyers in
the Air Force
Liudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko
Marina Mikhailovna Raskova March 28, 1912 – January 4, 1943) was a
famous Soviet navigator. She later became one of over 800,000 women in the
military service, founding three female air regiments which would eventually
fly over 30,000 sorties in World War II
Canada
In June 1941, the Canadian Women’s Army Corps
was established. The women who enlisted would
take over
Drivers of light mechanical transport vehicles
Cooks in hospitals and messes
Clerks, typists, and stenographers at camps and
training centres
Telephone operators and messengers
Canteen helpers
Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC, GM (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011) served as
a British Special Operations Executive agent during the later part of World War II
Capitulation of Germany
On May 8
Victory Day
On May 9
The victory won by
unprecedented
heroism of the people
at the front and the
greatest self-sacrifice
in the back