Semyon Timoshenko Quotes
- Peoples of all the warring countries are trying to put an end to the war, to establish peace. And we believe that they will get peace. And the sooner they get peace the better. - View Quote Details on Peoples of all the warring countries are trying to put…
- We intend to check up on the fitness of our small units…If each such particle attains real efficiency and brings genuine military skill to our large units, our troops, should they be called upon to fight, will carry out their operations without sustaining heavy losses. - View Quote Details on We intend to check up on the fitness of our…
- We’ll spin them out like a bobbin thread. - View Quote Details on We’ll spin them out like a bobbin thread.
- We are harassing them and will go on harassing them until they are totally exhausted. This is not merely tactics of a definite kind—it is a strategy with a broad perspective, directed at definitive and total victory. The Russian defence always had preparation for the counter-offensive as its aim. The Russian war plan here follows the commandmant of Clausewitz, “Swift and powerful transition to the attack—the lightning sword of retribution — that is the most brilliant part of the defense. - View Quote Details on We are harassing them and will go on harassing them…
- We have fine troops, they are inured. - View Quote Details on We have fine troops, they are inured.
- The Russians have learned much in this hard war in which the Finns fought with heroism. - View Quote Details on The Russians have learned much in this hard war in…
- It is necessary to keep in mind the possibility of simultaneously conducting two, if not three, offensive operations of various fronts on a theater of war with the intention of strategically shaking the enemy’s entire combat capability as extensively as possible. - View Quote Details on It is necessary to keep in mind the possibility of…
- The Red Army must keep its powder dry and be in constant mobilization and preparedness. - View Quote Details on The Red Army must keep its powder dry and be…
- It is possible that the Germans will attack, and it is necessary that the fleet be in readiness. - View Quote Details on It is possible that the Germans will attack, and it…
About Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (February 18 O.S. February 6 1895 – March 31, 1970 ) was a Soviet military commander and senior professional officer of the Red Army at the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Timoshenko was twice a Hero of the Soviet Union, in March 1940 and 1965. Amongst his other orders were the highest Order of Victory (1945), five times Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, five times Order of the Red Banner and three times Order of Suvorov. In 1960, he was appointed Inspector-General of the Defence Ministry, a largely honorary post. From 1961 he chaired the State Committee for War Veterans. He died in Moscow in 1970.
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