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Ivan Konev Quotes

1897–1973 Russia

Ivan Stepanovich Konev (28 December [O.S. 16 December] 1897 – 21 May 1973) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, responsible for taking much of Axis-occupied Eastern Europe, including the capture of Germany's capital, Berlin.

Russia
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Also known as: Konev, Ivan

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Our neighbors use searchlights, for they want more light. I tell you, Nikolai Pavlovich, we need more darkness.

We plan alone but we fulfill our plans together with the enemy, as it were, in accordance with his opposition.

I do not want to give any orders to the airmen, but get hold of a Komsomol air unit, and say I want volunteers for the job.

As for me, I had to know exactly what the situation was in Dukla Pass. Moscow had demanded it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ivan Konev (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.