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… — Aleksandr Vasilevsky Copy Share Image
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
