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Aleksandr Vasilevsky
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“According to one account, his chief of staff reported to him on looting and damage. 'Comrade Marshall,' he said, 'the soldiers are not behaving themselves. They break furniture, mirrors and dishes. What are your instructions in this connection?' Vasilevsky, perhaps the most intelligent and cultivated of all Soviet commanders, was apparently silent for a few moments. 'I don't give a fuck,' he said eventually. 'It is now time for our soldiers to issue their own justice.'”
Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Berlin, The Downfall 1945, Antony Beevor, Penguin (2007), p. 33 : ISBN 9780141032399
“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.”
Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.”
Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.”
Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.”
Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "The Voice of Russia," Copyright 2002.