Georgy Zhukov Quotes

• If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there.

  Georgy Zhukov

  Military, Infantry, Minefields

  Said to General Eisenhower in 1945. "Russia: The People and the Power". Book by Robert G. Kaiser, p. 207, 1976.

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• It is a fact that under equal conditions, large-scale battles and whole wars are won by troops which have a strong will for victory, clear goals before them, high moral standards, and devotion to the banner under which they go into battle.

  Georgy Zhukov

  Strong, War, Clear Goals

  "The Military Quotation Book" by James Charlton, (p. 15), 2002.

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• The longer the battle lasts the more force we'll have to use!

  Georgy Zhukov

  Battle, Use, Lasts

  "A History of the Modern Age" by Albert Fried, Julian K. Prescott, (p. 175), 1971.

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• There's no smoke without fire.

  Georgy Zhukov

  Fire, Gossip, Smoke

  "Stalin's Generals" by Harold Shukman, (p. 359), 2002.

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• We got 16,000 wonderful vehicles. We got all the steel that we make our tanks out of. Of course, we couldn't have done without Western aid.

  Georgy Zhukov

  History, Tanks, Steel

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• Generalissimo Stalin directed every move... made every decision... He is the greatest and wisest military genius who ever lived...

  Georgy Zhukov

  Military, Moving, Decision

  "Top GENERAL: ZHUKOV". "TIME" Magazine, February 21, 1955.

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• The mere existence of atomic weapons implies the possibility of their use.

  Georgy Zhukov

  Use, Weapons, Possibility

  "The arms race: a programme for world disarmament" by Philip John Noel-Baker, (p. 297), 1960.

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• There are things in Russia which are not as they seem.

  Georgy Zhukov

  Russia, Seems

  "Mandate for Change, 1953-1956: The White House Years" by Dwight David Eisenhower, (p. 518), 1963.

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• If you feel that the Chief of the General Staff talks only rubbish, my place is not here. Better to give me a command at the front where I can be of better use!

  Georgy Zhukov

  Giving, Use, Rubbish

  "Field Marshal Von Manstein, a Portrait: The Janus Head" by Marcel Stein, Gwyneth Fairbank, (p. 164), 2007.

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• The nature of encounter operations required of the commanders limitless initiative and constant readiness to take the responsibility for military actions.

  Georgy Zhukov

  Military, Responsibility, Encounters

  "The Military Quotation Book" by James Charlton, (p. 49), 2002.

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• Zhukov was the most successful commander of World War II, who fell from grace under Khrushchev, but never lost his place in the pantheon of Soviet heroes.

  Georgy Zhukov

  War, Hero, Successful

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