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Post by lordroel on Feb 16, 2017 4:13:30 GMT
Especially if Norway and Sweden are talking with Finland for mutual protection and the concerns about Russia after the 'attack' on Poland I wonder if the western allies would probably be offering some support to the Finns, in the hope of establishing a Scandinavian bloc and getting some influence there? Finland, Norway, and Sweden talking about mutual protection does not mean they are going to join forces to protect each other. |
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Post by stevep on Feb 16, 2017 18:25:37 GMT
Especially if Norway and Sweden are talking with Finland for mutual protection and the concerns about Russia after the 'attack' on Poland I wonder if the western allies would probably be offering some support to the Finns, in the hope of establishing a Scandinavian bloc and getting some influence there? Finland, Norway, and Sweden talking about mutual protection does not mean they are going to join forces to protect each other. True but at least there is a chance. Plus if there are rumours of such a discussion that's something any attacker has to consider. I think Sweden did consider aiding Finland OTL [or possibly even sent some volunteers]. Furthermore if Germany isn't offering support against a Soviet attack I could see Britain and France seeing it as a way of establishing/strengthening links with the region. |
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Post by lordroel on Feb 16, 2017 20:50:15 GMT
Finland, Norway, and Sweden talking about mutual protection does not mean they are going to join forces to protect each other. Furthermore if Germany isn't offering support against a Soviet attack I could see Britain and France seeing it as a way of establishing/strengthening links with the region. The message that was send by Germany told that they would not get involved directly should war break out between Finland and the Soviet Union, but that does not mean that Germany does not support Finland with arms, supplies and ‘’volunteers’’ as per orders of Hitler on July 16th 1939. |
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Post by lordroel on Feb 16, 2017 21:49:41 GMT
Chapter VII
August 3rd 1939
Two German flag ships leaving Finish ports are sunk by Soviet submarines.
August 4th 1939
British prime minster Neville Chamberlain gets Parliament to pass the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939 in respond to the Finish-Soviet War and the increasing tension between Germany and the Soviet Union (this means that the Royal Navy is put on a war footing, all leaves are cancelled, also all British private citizens in Germany and the Soviet Union are ordered home).
August 5th 1939
Soviet forces suffer heavy casualties in Finland as Finnish troops wiped out two Soviet divisions.
August 6th 1939
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring met with Prime Minister of Romania Armand Călinescu in Vienna requesting Romanian participation in the upcoming German invasion of the Soviet Union. Prime Minister Călinescu, a staunch ally of France and the United Kingdom makes it clear that Romania while a Munich Pact member, only joined the pact due the country fearing the Soviet Union and will not be part of any aggressive war.
August 7th 1939
The first German ‘’volunteers’’ arrive in Finland, many of these volunteers are veterans who took part in the 2nd Polish-Soviet War.
August 15th 1939
The 11th Party Congress name "Rally of Strength" (Reichsparteitag des Stärke) is held in Nuremberg, Germany.
August 17th 1939
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring propose to Adolf Hitler that Germany joins Sweden who are working to set up a Swedish voluntary air unit for use in Finland.
August 19th 1939
Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meets with German leader Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. During the meeting, upon hearing Hitler's upcoming plan for invading Soviet occupied Poland, Ciano express doubts that this will work and he tells both Hitler and Ribbentrop that Hitler plan will result in Europe being engulf in a war bigger than the 2nd Polish-Soviet War and the Czechoslovakia-German War. As he realized Hitler is set on going to war with the Soviet Union, Ciano expressed Italian unpreparedness for conflict.
August 20th 1939
As Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano departs Germany after the completion of a meeting with German leader Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop the day before, he is informed not to speak about anything that was discuses between them.
August 21st 1939
The first 400 hundred ground troops belonging to the Swedish Volunteer Corps depart Central Station in Stockholm by train towards the Swedish-Finish border.
August 22nd 1939
Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by fascists (this assentation was most likely ordered by the Germans and had their assistance due the refusal of Prime Minister Armand Calinescu to back Germany and him being pro-France and pro-United Kingdom).
August 23rd 1939
Italy sends a message to Germany noting that when it negotiated the Munich Pact, as under Article III, which obliges one nation to go to join in any war the other nation engaged in, Germany was made clear that Italy would not be ready for war until 1943. Should Germany invade the Soviet Union as planned, Italy will not be ready.
King Carol II appoints Gheorghe Argeşanu as the new prime minster of Romania succeeding Armand Călinescu who was assassinated by the nationalist Iron Guard. His first orders are the arrest of more than 300 Iron Guard members who not long after are all executed without trial.
August 24th 1939
Adolf Hitler announced to his top military commanders that Germany will be at war with the Soviet Union before the end of September 1939.
Due the massive crackdown by the Romanian government on the Iron Guard Party, large pro Iron Guard scale riots break out in several major cities across Romania.
August 26th 1939
Benito Mussolini sends Adolf Hitler a message noting that Italy will offer political and economic aid when Germany goes to war with the Soviet Union, but that Italy is in no position to offer military assistance.
August 27th 1939
Adolf Hitler responds to Benito Mussolini's message from the previous day, noting that he accepts Italy's inability to participate in direct fighting when Germany starts operation against the Soviet Union, but he would very much appreciate political (by means of threatening to entering the war) and economic (by offering Italian workers for German industry and agriculture) support.
August 29th 1939
A massive bomb explodes outside the NKVD headquarters in Warsaw, the bomb planted by the Polish "Home Army" kills more than a hundred people who were inside the building, In retaliation the Soviets arrest all know suspected "Home Army" members in Warsaw, the Soviets also begin a harsh crackdown in Warsaw and other major Polish cities.
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Post by lordroel on Feb 18, 2017 13:13:01 GMT
Chapter VIII
September 3rd 1939
12 Avia B-534 single-engined fighter biplane (former Czechoslovakia planes who survived the Czechoslovakia-German War and who were later pressed into service with the Luftwaffe) arrive in Finland where they will be flown by German volunteer pilots who will operate with Flying Regiment 18 'German Volunteers' of the Finnish Air Force. The Swedish also operates a flight regiment called Flying Regiment 19 'Swedish Voluntary Air Force' of the Finnish Air Force and which like the German manned regiment is made up of volunteers.
September 5th 1939
Adolf Hitler orders the operations planned against the Soviet Union to be slowed down due to the Political crisis in Romania.
September 7th 1939
More than 12 days sins the riots first began across many cities in Romina between pro-Iron Guard and the Romanian Government the situation has escalated so much that it is more a full civil war between the Iron Guard versus the Romanian Government than simple rioting that began almost 12 days ago.
September 8th 1939
Portions of the Royal Romanian Army, Royal Romanian Air Force and Royal Romanian Navy announce their support for the Iron Guard clamming that Romanian Government under the leadership of King Carol II overreached when they ordered the killing of 300 Iron Guards members and that Romania is in danger of being dominated by the Soviet Union who already took over Poland and witch is now at war with Finland.
September 10th 1939
Unofficial peace talks began between the Soviet Union and Finland, but the fighting continued across Finland. German ‘’volunteers’’ and Swedish Volunteer Corps officers and men continue to arrive in Finland.
September 12th 1939
Stalin orders the Soviet Army to mobilize along the Romanian frontier in responds to the outbreak of the Romanian Civil War.
September 13th 1939
Benito Mussolini visit Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden in Germany, both come to a understanding that they must intervene in the Romanian Civil War or fear to see the Soviet Union getting involved and thus risk losing the oil refineries at Ploiesti.
September 14th 1939
Führer Directive 3 is issued to prepare for a possible German intervention in Romania (Führer Directive 1 was about the invasion of Czechoslovakia and Führer Directive 2 which has been slowed down is about the Invasion of the Soviet Union).
September 15th 1939
In the Romanian port city of Constanța a fascist government called the Romanian National Council is formed and claims to be the official government of Romina and request that the Munich Pact intervenes in ending the civil war. Unknown to the Romanian National Council is that the Communist Party of Romania at a small border town near the Soviet border has established the Romanian Democratic Republic and has requested the Soviet Union to intervene on their behave.
September 16th 1939
Hungary, a Munich Pact informs Germany that it will allow German troops to transit within its borders and use its airfields for operations in Romania.
September 17th 1939
500 German military aircraft that where previous assigned for the upcoming campaign against the Soviet Union are redeployed to Hungary.
September 18th 1939
A Communist Party of Romania delegation arrives in Moscow, to discuss with the Soviet Union about them intervening in the Romanian Civil War.
September 21st 1939
Hitler informs Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary Miklós Horthy that Carpathian Ruthenia, now part of Reichsgau Slowakei will be given to Hungary as a reward for its loyalty in supporting Germany.
September 26th 1939
The first German troops belonging to the 13th Motorized Infantry Division and the 16th Infantry Division cross into Romania having travelled true Hungary, the German intervention in Romania has begun. German fighter and bombers operating from Hungary begin combat operations in support of the Romanian National Council forces.
September 30th 1939
The Romanian Democratic Army begins seizing territory that surrounds the town the Romanian Democratic Republic has it seat, but those who looked closely and know, can see that the so called Romanian Democratic Army uses military hardware not previous in use with the Royal Romanian Army nor that the officers and soldiers are Romanian.
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Post by lordroel on Feb 22, 2017 19:49:17 GMT
Chapter IX
October 2nd 1939
Two days after the Romanian Democratic Army, the army used by the Romanian Democratic Republic began getting involved in the Romanian Civil War, Germany issues a statement that any direct Soviet intervention in Romania will be considered an act of war against all the Munich Pact. Germany having received evidence about the Romanian Democratic Army being not what it seems to be hopes that this declaration is enough to keep the Soviet presence limited to the Romanian Democratic Army.
October 5th 1939
Nobody new who fired the first shot, but everybody knew it was only a matter of time before the German forces operating in Romania and the Romanian Democratic Army would make contact, the first shot that was fire escalated and by the end of the day both the Germans and the Romanian Democratic Army where engaging each other in full combat.
October 8th 1939
Romanian National Council forces backed by German forces entered the capitol Bucharest. King Carol II of Romania and prime minster Gheorghe Argeşanu are arrested by Romanian National Council forces. Seeing no other solution the Chief of the Romanian General Staff, general Gheorghe Mihail surrenders all loyalist forces to the Major-General Dumitru Coroamă, commander of Romanian National Council forces.
October 9th 1939
Ion Antonescu, backed by the Germans is made Prime Minister of Romania.
October 10th 1939
For the second time in his life Michael ascended the throne of Romania, he also issued a royal decree declaring Antonescu Conducător (leader) of the state. King Michael I father, the former Carol II is under house arrest somewhere in Romania.
October 15th 1939
At 09:00, the Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front), totaling three Armies (5th Army, 6th Army and the 12th Army) begins a large scale invasion of Romania, the Romanian Democratic Army which was already fighting in Romania is merged into the Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front).
At 12:15, the Soviet ambassadors to Berlin Alexey Shkvartsev delivers the Soviet declaration of war to German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.
At 13:00, Romania declares war against the Soviet Union.
By the end of the day, Italy also had declared war with Bulgaria and Hungary not having decided yet, the Eurasia War had begun.
October 16th 1939
In less than a year and for the second time, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier issue a joint statement condemning the Soviet invasion of Romina and urge all sides to prevent the war from escalating.
October 16th 1939
The Luftwaffe which still building up its strength and operating from Hungarian airfields is out gunned by the massive numbers of Soviet fighters over the skies of Romania, the Royal Romanian Air Force which already suffered during the Romanian Civil War is almost destroyed on the ground ore in the air.
October 17th 1939
16 Petlyakov Pe-8 heavy bombers and fighter escorts belonging to the Soviet Air Force bomb Bucharest, Romania for the first time.
October 18th 1939
Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini orders the creation of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Romania (Italian: (Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Romania, or CSIR) in responds to the Soviet invasion of Romania.
October 19th 1939
Deutschland-class heavy cruisers KMS Deutschland-class heavy cruiser and KMS Graf Spee depart Wilhelmshaven Naval Base, Germany to conduct raiding missions against Soviet shipping.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims the neutrality of the United States in the war between Germany and the Soviet Union.
October 20th 1939
The French Republic begins to partially mobilize its military to bolster its border defenses.
October 22nd 1939
The British and the French delegation in the Soviet Union request but are denied a meeting with Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Litvinov.
October 24th 1939
In less than nine days the Royal Romanian Army (made up of former loyalist and Romanian National Council forces) and German units despite tough resistance have been pushed back to almost 10 kilometers of the Romanian capital. German Luftwaffe fighters are taking a heavy toll on Soviet bombers but by sheer numbers the Soviet bombers are wreaking havoc and the Soviet Airforce still maintains air superiority despite increased Luftwaffe activity.
October 25th 1939
Somewhere in the Norwegian Sea, both Deutschland-class heavy cruisers KMS Deutschland-class heavy cruiser and KMS Graf Spee who are conducting raiding missions against Soviet shipping are refuel by a German tanker while at the same time being shadowed by the Royal Navy.
October 27th 1939
The Soviet Air Force begins hitting Hungarian airfields from which German Luftwaffe squadrons are operating from. The Royal Hungarian Air Force and the Luftwaffe mange to shoot down large number of Soviet bombers and their escorts. The same day, the Kingdom of Hungary in responds to these attacks declares war on the Soviet Union.
October 28th 1939
Adolf Hitler summons the three leading representatives of the German armed forces, Walther von Brauchitsch, Hermann Göring, and Erich Raeder together with senior Army commanders to his mountain villa at Obersalzberg in southern Germany, where he announced that the invasion of the Soviet Union will begin as soon as the Romanian Front has been stabilized.
October 29th 1939
On the outskirts of the city Bucharest, the first clashes between Romanian and Germans on one side and Soviets troops on the other side erupts.
November 1st 1939
Heinkel demonstrated the first jet aircraft He 178 to the German Air Ministry, but the German officials are not impressed.
November 4th 1939
The Neutrality Act of 1939, which repeals the arms embargo of 1937, becomes a law in the United States. The Neutrality Act of 1939 means that a general embargo on trading in arms and war materials with all parties in a war (Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union) is imposed, the Act of 1939 also barres American citizens and ships from entering war zones designated by the President.
November 5th 1939
Soviet forces capture the Polesti oil fields, however German and Romanian forces hours before they were forced to retreat mange destroy most of oil field and the refineries.
November 6th 1939
German Luftwaffe bombers operating from Hungary and Romania still under Romanian-German control begin to hit rail lines and supply lines located inside the Soviet Union.
November 7th 1939
The elite 25,000 strong Royal Hungarian Army Carpathian Group (Hungarian: Kárpát Csoport) under the command of Major General Béla Miklós arrives in Romania.
November 8th 1939
While there is heavy fighting in Romania, the German-Polish border and the borders the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) share with the Soviet Union sins October 15th when the war broke out see except some artillery duels, small raids, and light bombing by both sides no major fighting.
November 9th 1939
The Soviet Army seizes control of city Bucharest. Most of the Romanian government including Conducător (leader) of the state Ion Antonescu and King Michael I have managed to flee the Romanian capitol and relocated to Hungary where they are setting up a government in exile.
November 12th 1939
With the front largely stalled in southern Romania the Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front) opens up a new front, attacking northwest in order to cut off German supply routes through the northwestern part of Romania.
November 13th 1939
The first elements belonging to the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Romania (CSIR) arrive in the Romanian Arad County, a province located at the border with the Kingdom of Hungary and a province which is still under Romanian-German control. The CSIR for short will when all units have arrived be made up of 3 division totaling 3,000 officers and 59,000 men.
December 3rd 1939
With eastern Romania (only Arad County and Bihor County remains under Romanian-German control) under the control of the Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front), the Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front) begins a renewed southern drive to push the Royal Romanian Army and German forces into Bulgaria which, while being a member of Munich Pact, has not yet declared war on the Soviet Union but has made it clear that it will allow Romanian and German forces to enter the country if they are being pushed back.
December 10th 1940
The Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front) advance in southern Romania reaches the Bulgarian border. Surviving German and Romanian forces flee into Bulgaria. The Soviets establish defensive lines and begin to consolidate their gains. In the west the Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front) is approaching the Hungarian border. While the Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front) is digging in, they are unaware that a massive German, Italian, Hungarian and Romanian buildup is occurring in Hungary and the remaining Romanian territory still under their control.
December 13th 1939
The Kingdom of Bulgaria declares war onto the Soviet Union becoming the last of the Munich Pact members to do so.
November 17th 1939
Deutschland-class heavy cruiser KMS Deutschland arrives back to Wilhelmshaven Naval Base, Germany after having conducting raiding mission against Soviet shipping, here sistership and KMS Graf Spee is together with a tanker still operating in the Norwegian Sea where she will remain until relieved by other German naval ships.
November 18th 1939
The Munich Pact launches their operation to liberate Romania. German, Italian, Hungarian and Romanian totaling more than 600,000 troops move from their position in Arad County and Bihor County.
November 19th 1939
The Heinkel He 177 Greif ("griffin"), German Luftwaffe's newest long-range heavy bomber takes its first flight.
November 21st 1939
Three days after their operation to liberate Romania from Soviet occupation, German, Italian, Hungarian and Romanian troops have cut deep into Soviet lines.
November 22nd 1939
The German battleships KMS Scharnhorst and KMS Gneisenau sail into the Norwegian Sea on their first wartime sortie accompanied by the light cruisers LMS Köln and KMS Leipzig (this is more a propaganda stunt than an actual raiding mission as no Soviet ships has been spotted in the Norwegian Sea sins the outbreak of the war on October 15th).
November 24th 1940
The German 10th Army and the 14th Army link up somewhere in central Romania, behind them more than 250,000 Soviet troops belonging to the Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front) have been trapped and their escape cut off. Luftwaffe, Royal Romanian Air Force, Royal Hungarian Airforce and even the Royal Italian Airforce which is supporting the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Romania pound Soviet troop columns who are trying to flee back to the Soviet Union.
November 28th 1939
Joseph Stalin orders the Soviet troops in Finland to hold position due to a surprisingly resilient Finnish defenses and due the fact that with the German offensive in Romina, the Soviet Army is being redeployed.
November 29th 1939
While German, Italian, Hungarian and Romanian forces are pounding the Soviet central pocket in Romania. The first elements belonging to the German 14th Army reach the Romanian-Soviet border.
December 1st 1939
The Democratic Republic of Finland, a Soviet Union sponsored puppet government is established at Terijoki in occupied Finland with Otto Kuusinen as its leader.
December 5th 1939
With the German 14th Army having halted at the Romanian-Soviet border unwilling as of yet to invade the soviet Union itself, the Soviet pocket totaling more than 200,000 surrenders to the Munich Pact forces that surrounded them, ending a eleven day encirclement which began on November 24th.
December 14th 1939
Munich Pact forces begin to pound into the Soviet defensive lines in eastern Romania but are repulsed by the remaining forces belonging to the Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front) who have dug them self in.
December 21st 1939
What began with many success sins the Munich Pact started their offensive to liberate Romina on November 18th has turned into a bloody stalemate with the Munich Pact having retaken all of western Romania, southern Romania, and the Polesti oil fields but are unable to dislodge the Soviet Army (Ukrainian Front) who are still dug in the Romanian Cetatea Albă County, Cahul County and Tighina County.
December 24th 1939
Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
December 25th 1939
Adolf Hitler orders the transfer of the 10th Army (11 infantry divisions and 2 panzer divisions) which is now in Romania back to Germany leaving the German 14th Army (9 infantry divisions and 2 panzer divisions) to hold the line there.
December 30th 1939
Adolf Hitler set the launch date of the German invasion of the Soviet Union on January 22nd 1940.
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Post by stevep on Feb 24, 2017 16:47:27 GMT
Well an attack in late jan 40 is going to face a lot of problems with snow and cold, especially if the Germans are able to break defences and start penetrating deeply, then followed by the spring thaw and resulting morass. Which could be the saving grace for the Soviets as it sounds like Stalin has vastly overstretched the red Army.
On the other hand the German forces have seen quite a lot of heavy fighting already and haven't already conquered western Europe. Which does mean they don't face a British blockade but does mean they don't have the ability to loot those countries and also have to take some precaution against possible war with Britain and France.
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Post by lordroel on Feb 24, 2017 16:48:51 GMT
Well an attack in late jan 40 is going to face a lot of problems with snow and cold, especially if the Germans are able to break defences and start penetrating deeply, then followed by the spring thaw and resulting morass. Which could be the saving grace for the Soviets as it sounds like Stalin has vastly overstretched the red Army. If the Germans mange to defeat the Soviets in Poland and Romania than there will be not much to stop the Germans. |
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Post by stevep on Feb 24, 2017 17:07:10 GMT
Well an attack in late jan 40 is going to face a lot of problems with snow and cold, especially if the Germans are able to break defences and start penetrating deeply, then followed by the spring thaw and resulting morass. Which could be the saving grace for the Soviets as it sounds like Stalin has vastly overstretched the red Army. If the Germans mange to defeat the Soviets in Poland and Romania than there will be not much to stop the Germans. Ouch their deployed that far forward. Especially since the Germans are also secured in the Baltics, which means that Leningrad is pretty close and the flank of any position in Poland is turned. |
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Post by lordroel on Feb 24, 2017 17:17:25 GMT
If the Germans mange to defeat the Soviets in Poland and Romania than there will be not much to stop the Germans. Ouch their deployed that far forward. Especially since the Germans are also secured in the Baltics, which means that Leningrad is pretty close and the flank of any position in Poland is turned. Also the Soviets are already engaged fighting the Finish and also in Romania. |
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Post by stevep on Feb 24, 2017 21:14:22 GMT
Ouch their deployed that far forward. Especially since the Germans are also secured in the Baltics, which means that Leningrad is pretty close and the flank of any position in Poland is turned. Also the Soviets are already engaged fighting the Finish and also in Romania. Plus at this point, especially if they really started struggling, not only won't they get any support from the western powers but they might have the Japanese attacking Siberia. |
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Post by lordroel on Feb 24, 2017 22:06:37 GMT
Also the Soviets are already engaged fighting the Finish and also in Romania. Plus at this point, especially if they really started struggling, not only won't they get any support from the western powers but they might have the Japanese attacking Siberia. That could be a possibility, the French and British might see Germany being the lesser evil. |
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Post by lordroel on Mar 13, 2017 16:05:57 GMT
Chapter X
January 2nd 1940
Whit the Finish front a frozen stalemate, the Finish Army begins to prepare for a new offensive against the Soviet Army that has invaded Finland. The Finish offensive is to take place in concert with the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
January 6th 1940
Inside the Soviet Union the Soviet Army (2nd Ukrainian Front) is created by order of Stalin who plans to use it to regain northern Romanian and to relieve the still dug in Soviet Army (1st Ukrainian Front).
January 14th 1940
Flying Regiment 18 'German Volunteers' of the Finnish Air Force (consist of several squadrons) is disbanded and will be replace by Luftwaffe (Luftflotte 5) which will co-ordinate German air activity in Finland.
January 15th 1940
German units moved into their start positions for the invasion of the Soviet Union.
January 21st 1940
German Brandenburg special mission units begin operations in the Democratic Polish People's Republic.
January 22nd 1940
The Germans launch their invasion of Poland with a force of some of 3 million German soldiers and more than 2,500 panzers. The Soviet border defenses are caught unprepared, swept aside and trapped behind the lines in the first hours of the invasion.
January 23rd 1940
A Soviet Army counter attack in German East Prussia and the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) is beaten back.
A day after the German invasion of Poland began, Stalin still reeling of the shock, that the Germans launch an invasion in the winter, cancels plans for the Soviet Army (2nd Ukrainian Front) new Soviet offensive into Romania that was to start soon, instead he orders the Soviet Army (2nd Ukrainian Front) to dig in and to prevent the Germans from entering into the Soviet Union .
January 26th 1940
Operating from Estonia, bombers (Luftflotte 1) of the Luftwaffe begin to bomb Leningrad, Soviet Union for the first time.
January 30th 1940
The German lead Army Group South which is made up of the German 14th Army, Italian Expeditionary Corps in Romania, Royal Hungarian Army Carpathian Group, Romanian 3rd Army and Romanian 4th Army (both are still not in full strength as the result of the Romanian Civil War and later due the Soviet invasion of Romania) begin their attack to remove the Soviet Army (1st Ukrainian Front) from their dug in positions they still control in Romania.. The Soviets, being well dug in and prepared on this front, fight stubbornly and repel the initial thrust but Army Group South continues to apply pressure along the Romanian front to keep the Soviet Army (1st Ukrainian Front) on its heels.
February 3rd 1940
In his first public speech sins the German invasion of the Soviet Union began, Stalin orders a scorched earth policy to be put into effect.
February 5th 1940
German troops captured Gdynia, Democratic Polish People's Republic.
February 6th 1940
Operating out of the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Luftwaffe bombers conduct bombing raids deeper into Byelorussia and slowly begin to disrupt the Soviet transportation network and flow of supplies and forces into the Democratic Polish People's Republic.
February 7th 1940
leading elements belonging to German Army Group Centre approach the outskirts of Warsaw but are turned back by the Soviet Army (Polish) Front who launches a fierce counter attack.
February 12th 1940
Two Soviet armies belonging to the Soviet Army (Polish) Front west of Warsaw, launch a thrust into German occupied central Poland in an effort to stem the German tide and disrupt their supply lines in central Poland. The two armies, equipped make excellent initial progress slicing through dispersed German infantry positions and reconnaissance elements.
February 20th 1940
After 8 days of success where the two Soviet armies belonging to the Soviet Army (Polish) Front managed to move more than 100 kilometers into German occupied Poland, German Army Group Centre is preparing to launch a counter attack with the intend of cutting the two Soviet armies of and thereby destroying 2/3 of the combat strength belonging to the Soviet Army (Polish) Front.
February 22nd 1940
The German lead Army Group South finally managed to defeated the last remains of the Soviet Army (1st Ukrainian Front) which is fleeing back to the Soviet Union where they hope to form a new line of defense. With the Battle of Romania over, Army Group South can finally move into the Soviet Union itself, something that they are prepared to do sins November 29th 1939 when they first reached parts of the Romanian-Soviet border.
February 26th 1940
The Soviet Army (Polish) Front counter offensive into central Poland has reached its greatest extent but German Army Group Centre have managed to halt their advances, now Army Group Centre launches its counter attack with the aim of encircling and trapping 2/3 of the combat strength belonging to the Soviet Army (Polish) Front.
February 28th 1940
German Army Group Centre begins its counter attack against the two Soviet armies belonging to the Soviet Army (Polish) Front.
February 29th 1940
A day after German Army Group Centre began its counter attack against the two Soviet armies belonging to the Soviet Army (Polish) Front, the Soviet commanders of the two armies come to the realization that the true scope of the German operation is to trap them and thus they order a desperate withdrawal to the east.
February 30th 1940
Panzers and infantry belonging to German Army Group Center meet stiff resistance as Soviet infantry move to hold a corridor through which the bulk of the two Soviet armies may escape.
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