瓦西里·崔可夫

Quotes

• “Every German soldier must be made to feel that he is living under the muzzle of a Russian gun.”
• “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.”
• “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.”
• “The heavy casualties, the constant retreat, the shortage of food and munitions, the difficulty of receiving reinforcements... all this had a very bad effect on morale. Many longed to get across the Volga, to escape the hell of Stalingrad.”
• “The battle of Kursk... the forcing of the Dnieper... and the liberation of Kiev, left Hitlerite Germany facing catastrophe.”

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