Vasily Chuikov

"I would not have believed such an inferno could open up on earth. Men died but they did not retreat."

"Every German soldier must be made to feel that he is living under the muzzle of a Russian gun."

"He ordered us to stand fast and save Stalingrad. So we knew then that it was 'do or die.' We could not retreat."

"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."

"Our units were tired. There were many whining pessimists in the army. I threw these panicky people out of the army right away and set to work. I told our men we could not retreat beyond the Volga... I…"

"The battle of Kursk... the forcing of the Dnieper... and the liberation of Kiev, left Hitlerite Germany facing catastrophe."

"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 Vo…"

"The Germans underestimated our artillery. And they underestimated the effectiveness of our infantry against their tanks. This battle showed that tanks forced to operate in narrow quarters are of limit…"