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Vasily Chuikov Quotes

1900–1982 Soviet Union

Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (February 12, 1900 – March 18, 1982) was a Soviet lieutenant general in the Red Army during World War II, commander of the 62nd Army during the Battle of Stalingrad, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945), and after the war a Marshal of the Soviet Union.

Soviet Union
Military leaders

Also known as: Chuikov, Vasily

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Every German soldier must be made to feel that he is living under the muzzle of a Russian gun.

I would not have believed such an inferno could open up on earth. Men died but they did not retreat.

He ordered us to stand fast and save Stalingrad. So we knew then that it was 'do or die.' We could not retreat.

There are those who propose that both sides remove all their forces from Germany. That's a silly idea. The Germans hate us; we couldn't think of removing our forces from Germany.

The battle of Kursk... the forcing of the Dnieper... and the liberation of Kiev, left Hitlerite Germany facing catastrophe.

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