I did not decide to become an officer to start a military career. I still wanted to be an agronomist and work in some remote corner of Russia after the war. I could not suppose that my country would change,… — Aleksandr Vasilevsky Copy Share Image
Conditions to the north of us, in the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts zone of action, and our offensive on Kharkov demands that we not lose time and we commit all forces so that we can draw off as many divisions as possible from Kharkov. And even if we do not draw them off, at least we will not give Manstein… — Aleksandr Vasilevsky Copy Share
I did not decide to become an officer to start a military career. I still wanted to be an agronomist and work in some… — Aleksandr Vasilevsky Copy Share Image
It was my view that the catastrophe. . . . could have been avoided if Vasilevsky had taken the position he should have. He… — Aleksandr Vasilevsky Copy Share Image
By seizing the formerly little-known Height 102.0 - the Mamayev Hill - the Red Army fought its way to the fascists' den - Berlin.… — Aleksandr Vasilevsky Copy Share Image
A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody. — Aleksandr Vasilevsky Copy Share Image
