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Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky foi um comandante militar e Marechal da União Soviética.

Vasilevsky foi o chefe do estado-maior soviético e vice-Ministro da Defesa durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, e Ministro da Defesa da URSS entre 1949 e 1953. Em seu comando, foi o responsável pelo planejamento e coordenação de quase todas as ofensivas soviéticas na guerra, de Stalingrado em 1942 ao ataque à Prússia Oriental e a cidade-fortaleza de Königsberg, em 1945. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. Setembro 1895 – 5. Dezembro 1977
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Aleksandr Vasilevsky: Frases em inglês

“I did not decide to become an officer to start a military career. I still wanted to be an agronomist and work in some remote corner of Russia after the war. I could not suppose that my country would change, and I would.”

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Quoted in "The matter of my whole life" - by Marshal A.M. Vasilevsky - Moscow, Politizdat, 1978.

“Why I should be in Romania in the name of unknown to me goal. There was a time when I led soldiers to battle, thinking I was doing my duty as a Russian patriot. However, I understood that we have been cheated, that people needed peace. The old army and Soviet Union are not compatible, therefore, my military career had to end. With no remorse, I could go back to my favorite occupation, working in the field.”

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Quoted in "The matter of my whole life" - by Marshal A.M. Vasilevsky - Moscow, Politizdat, 1978 - Page 30.

“Conditions to the north of us, in the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts zone of action, and our offensive on Kharkov demands that we not lose time and we commit all forces so that we can draw off as many divisions as possible from Kharkov. And even if we do not draw them off, at least we will not give Manstein the ability to take any of his units from our part of the front. If we attract one or two German tank divisions - it will be the best contribution to the defeat of the enemy in the south.”

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To Vasily Chuikov. Quoted in "Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War" - Page 228 - by David M. Glantz - History - 1989.

“By seizing the formerly little-known Height 102.0 – the Mamayev Hill - the Red Army fought its way to the fascists' den – Berlin. We are proud to say that our victory in Stalingrad radically changed the whole situation in the Second World War. And this victory meant that our Motherland had withstood one of the most difficult tests in its history.”

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Quoted in "The Voice of Russia," Copyright 2002.

“A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody.”

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Georgy Zhukov.