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1 day ago · The fall of Königsberg allowed Stavka to free up General Konstantin Rokossovsky's 2nd Belorussian Front (2BF) to move west to the east bank of the Oder. During the first two weeks of April, the Red Army performed their fastest front redeployment of the war.
4 days ago · Then the Soviet General Konstantin Rokossovsky, the Minister of National Defense, who was then in command of all armed forces in Poland, decided to take personal control, and the situation changed dramatically.
2 days ago · In December 1942, he placed Konstantin Rokossovski in charge of holding the city. In February 1943, the German troops attacking Stalingrad surrendered. The Soviet victory there marked a major turning point in the war; in commemoration, Stalin declared himself Marshal of the Soviet Union. 1942–1945: Soviet counter-attack
3 days ago · Soviet Union - Interregnum, Andropov, Chernenko: Toward the end of his life, Brezhnev lost control of the country. Regionalism became stronger as the centre faltered. When Brezhnev died on November 10, 1982, he was succeeded as party leader by Yury Andropov, although his chosen successor was Konstantin Chernenko.
2 days ago · Answer: Konstantin Rokossovsky Gen. Vatutin, a veteran of the Battle of Kursk, had been killed by Ukrainians earlier in the year. Yeremenko was in command of the 2nd Baltic Front at the time, and, when the operation commenced, he helped to nearly annihilate German Army Group North.
4 days ago · Background. As the Battle of Stalingrad slowly ground to its conclusion the Red Army moved to a general offensive in the south, pressuring the exhausted German forces who had surv
5 days ago · We admire the great generals Zhukov, Vasilevsky, Rokossovsky, as well as our countryman, Army General Antonov, the main developer of the plan for the strategic offensive Operation Bagration.
