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

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!

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

It is a fact that under equal conditions, large-scale battles and whole wars are won by troops which have a strong will for victory, clear goals before them, high moral standards, and devotion to the banner under which they go into battle.

Zhukov was the most successful commander of World War II, who fell from grace under Khrushchev, but never lost his place in the pantheon of Soviet heroes.

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

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