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Leonid Govorov Quotes

1897–1955 Russia

Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov (February 22, 1897 – March 19, 1955), Soviet military commander, was appointed as instructor in tactics at the Dzerzhinskiy Artillery Academy in 1938. At one point he was dismissed from his position and threatened with arrest, but the intervention of Marshal Kliment Voroshilov and Soviet head of state Mikhail Kalinin saved him.

Russia
Military leaders

Also known as: Govorov, Leonid

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The leading force in the struggle for peace and for strengthening cooperation among the peoples is the Soviet Union.

The Germans had thought they could replace light artillery with mortars, believing it unnecessary to furnish their troops with light guns and howitzers. The theory was wrong as they found out during the invasion.

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