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Konstantin Rokossovsky

Soviet and Polish military commander (1896-1968) · Russia · Politicians · Died at 71

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He survived Stalin's torture cells with broken teeth and missing fingernails, walked back into command, then led the armies that broke the Wehrmacht at Stalingrad and Kursk. Rokossovsky was the general who couldn't be killed - not by his own side, not by the Germans.

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A life in dates

1968Died3 August 1968Order of the October RevolutionAward1967Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"Award1965Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"Award1957Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"Award1949Honorary Citizen of GdańskAward1947Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"Award1946Legionnaire of Legion of MeritAwardMedal of Victory and Freedom 1945Award1945“The German army is a machine, and machines can be broken!”In their wordsQuoted in "Current Biography" - Page 562 - by H.W. Wilson Company - 1945

Croix de guerre 1939-1945AwardKnight Commander of the Order of the BathAwardMedal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"AwardOrder of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st classAward1944Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"Award1943“The troops of the Don Front at 4pm on February 2nd, 1943 completed the rout and destruction of the encircled group of enemy forces in Stalingrad.”In their words2 February 1943February 1943. Quoted in "Russia at War, 1941-1945" - Page 543 - by Alexander Werth - 1964

Order of Kutuzov, 1st classAward1917“Has a strong will. Decisive and firm. Often demonstrates initiative and skillfully applies it. Disciplined. Demanding and persistent in his demands.”In their wordsAssessment of Georgy Zhukov, as quoted by Andreĭ Afanas'evich Kokoshin,Soviet Strategic Thought, 1917-1991 (1998): MIT Press, p. 43.

1896Born9 December 1896

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6 statements, newest first

  1. The German army is a machine, and machines can be broken!

    1945, Quoted in "Current Biography" - Page 562 - by H.W. Wilson Company - 1945, Own words

  2. The troops of the Don Front at 4pm on February 2nd, 1943 completed the rout and destruction of the encircled group of enemy forces in Stalingrad.

    Feb 2, 1943, February 1943. Quoted in "Russia at War, 1941-1945" - Page 543 - by Alexander Werth - 1964, Own words

  3. Has a strong will. Decisive and firm. Often demonstrates initiative and skillfully applies it. Disciplined. Demanding and persistent in his demands.

    1917, Assessment of Georgy Zhukov, as quoted by Andreĭ Afanas'evich Kokoshin,Soviet Strategic Thought, 1917-1991 (1998): MIT Press, p. 43., Own words

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Awards

Order of the October Revolution1968
Honorary weapon with a golden image of the State Emblem of the USSR1968
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"1967
Medal of Friendship1967
Honorary citizen of Homiel1967
Order of Lenin1966
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1965
Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv"1961
Order of Sukhbaatar1961
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"1957
Order of Lenin1956
Order of the Builders of People's Poland1951
Honorary Citizen of Gdańsk1949
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"1948
Order of the Red Banner1947
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"1947
King Christian X's Liberty Medal1947
Order of Lenin1946
Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit1946
Medal for Warsaw 1939-19451946
Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"1946
Medal of Victory and Freedom 19451946
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit1946
Order of Lenin1945
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1945
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath1945
Order of Victory1945
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"1945
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"1945
Hero of the Soviet Union1945
Grand Cross of the Order of Military Virtue1945
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class1945
Legion of Honour1945
Croix de guerre 1939-19451945
Order of Lenin1944
Order of the Red Banner1944
Hero of the Soviet Union1944
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"1944
Order of Suvorov, 1st class1943
Order of Kutuzov, 1st class1943

In their orbit

Mother: Antonina Ivanovna Ovsjannikovová

About this person

Born to a Polish noble family in Warsaw in 1896, Rokossovsky fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, joined the Red Army in 1918, and rose to senior command by 1937 - when Stalin's Great Purge branded him a traitor, threw him in prison, and tortured him. Released in 1940 after Soviet failures in the Winter War, he returned to lead an army corps, then commanded the 16th Army in the defense of Moscow in 1941. He defeated the Axis at Stalingrad in early 1943, played a vital role at Kursk that summer, and was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in June 1944 after planning parts of Operation Bagration. His forces reached the outskirts of Warsaw by July 1944 before command transferred to Zhukov; Rokossovsky then led the 2nd Belorussian Front into Germany and final victory. After the war he commanded Soviet forces in Poland, became Marshal of Poland and Defence Minister of the Polish People's Republic in 1949, and served as deputy chairman of its Council of Ministers until forced out in 1956, when he returned to the Soviet Union and lived there until his death in 1968.

Country
Russia
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1968 · aged 71

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