The longer the battle lasts the more force we'll have to use!

If you feel that the Chief of the General Staff talks only rubbish, my place is not here. Better to give me a command at the front where I can be of better use!

If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there.

The nature of encounter operations required of the commanders limitless initiative and constant readiness to take the responsibility for military actions.

The longer the battle lasts the more force we'll have to use!

We got 16,000 wonderful vehicles. We got all the steel that we make our tanks out of. Of course, we couldn't have done without Western aid.

Generalissimo Stalin directed every move... made every decision... He is the greatest and wisest military genius who ever lived...