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.

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

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

The mere existence of atomic weapons implies the possibility of their use.

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

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.

There's no smoke without fire.