Marshal of Victory Quotes

“The hardships of the Civil War were forgotten. But we will never forget that each of us was motivated by the firm belief in the justice of the ideas proclaimed by Lenin’s Party in October 1917. British General Knox wrote to his government at that time that it was possible to crush a million-strong Bolshevik army, but when 150 million Russians did not want the whites, and wanted the Reds, it was futile helping the former.”
― Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov

“Viewing the events of 1942 critically, I can say now that we misjudged the situation in the Vyazma area. We had overrated the potential of our troops and underrated the enemy. He proved to be a harder nut to crack than we believed…”
― Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov

“Our objective,” he said, pacing up and down his study as was his wont, “is to deny the Germans any breathing space, to drive them westward without let-up, to make them use up their reserves before spring comes…”
― Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov

“The most important task was to step up party-political work, to raise the morale of the troops and their confidence in their strength and inevitable victory over the enemy on the approaches to Moscow.”
― Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov

“The State Defence Committee adopted some 10,000 resolutions and decisions of a military and economic nature during the war. All of them were carried out with precision and energy. They gave the start to assiduous work, assuring a single Party line in the country’s administration during that rigorous and arduous time.”
― Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov