Biography of Soviet commanders

In the harsh school of war, dozens of outstanding commanders showed themselves, the names of which are inextricably linked with key military campaigns. Their brilliant operations are studied today in all military academies of the world. In the photo: the first Belarusian front. Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, among the famous Soviet commanders, the name of Georgy Zhukov occupies a special place.

Back in December, he warned that Hitler’s attack on the USSR was inevitable, and called for the fully strengthening the armed forces. Shortly before the invasion of Germany, Zhukov was appointed head of the General Staff. He commanded the troops of the reserve, Leningrad, Western, 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Fronts, was the deputy of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. The troops under his leadership stopped the Germans near Leningrad and Moscow, defeated the enemy in the Stalingrad and Kursk battles.

The soldiers believed Zhukov so much that his appearance at the front was certainly associated with the upcoming offensive and an obligatory victory. It is known that by defending his point of view, he, if necessary, could object to Stalin himself. In the photo: Soviet commander George Zhukov the second left in the area of ​​Sukhinichi. Kaluga Region, June 1.

Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky successes of the Red Army in strategic directions are largely related to the name of Alexander Vasilevsky, who in the years headed the General Staff. Together with Zhukov, he participated in the development and implementation of almost all major operations of the Great Patriotic War. Vasilevsky planned and prepared a counterattack near Stalingrad, coordinated the actions of the fronts in the Battle of Kursk.

At the same time, the head of the General Staff preferred to carry out most of the time not in Moscow, but at the front. He led the operation to liberate the Donbass, Right -Bank Ukraine and Crimea. Since February, Vasilevsky commanded the 3rd Belarusian Front, led the assault on Koenigsberg April. In the photo: During the liberation of Sevastopol at the main command post were the Marshals of the Soviet Union Alexander Vasilevsky on the left and Fedor Tolbukhin on the right, who led all operations during the capture of the city, November 11.

The troops under his leadership distinguished themselves in the Battle of Smolensk, in the battle for Moscow. During the Battle of the Don Battle of the Don Front, Rokossovsky, together with other fronts, took surrounded 22 divisions of the enemy and individual units with a total number of thousand. This year he commanded the Central Front, which defeated the German troops on the Kursk Bulge.

He led the liberation of Belarus - as a result of the Bagration Operation, the German Army Group Center was defeated, and up to 30 divisions of the enemy were surrounded by the Minsk Cauline. In the photo: Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky with a group of Soviet soldiers and officers in Koenigsplats Square. Berlin, May. Ivan Stepanovich Konev for his successes in rapid offensive operations Ivan Konev received among the soldiers the nickname "General forward".

During the counterattack near Kursk, his troops, together with the units of General Nikolai Vatutin, defeated the enemy at the Belgorod-Kharkov bridgehead, which was considered the Germans' bastion in Ukraine. The first salute is associated with the name Konev, which was given in Moscow after the troops under his command liberated Belgorod in August.

His talent for the commander played an important role in outstanding victories at the final stage of the war-in the East Carpathian, Visl-Odery, Berlin and Prague operations. It was Konev’s troops that went to the river. Elbe at Torgau met with American allies. In the photo: Colonel General Ivan Stepanovich Konev among the warrior army, on May 4, on May 4, on May 4.

Author: N. Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky in the year of the 2nd Guards Army of General Malinovsky played a key role in the defeat of the Don Army Group Field Marshal Manstein, who tried to release the 6th Army of Paulus surrounded near Stalingrad. From the year he commanded the South and then the South-Western Front. The troops under his beginning liberated Rostov and Donbass, participated in the purification of the Germans of Right -Bank Ukraine.

In the year, together with the troops of General Tolbukhin, the army of Malinovsky defeated the southern wing of the enemy front, surrounding 22 German divisions and the 3rd Romanian army in the Yas-Chisinau operation. Commanding the 2nd Ukrainian Front, Malinovsky made an important contribution to the liberation of Romania, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia. Author: Max Alpert.