SEMYON TIMOSHENKO

(Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko)


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Semyon Timoshenko

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 defense always had preparation for the counter-offensive as its aim. The Russian war plan here follows the commandment of Clausewitz.
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Although most of the American Military Experts thought the strategy a loser, Presidential Assistant Harry Hopkins made an inspection trip to Russia and recommended to President Roosevelt that we support Russia. The Russian strategy defeated the Germans but the Russian losses were horrendous—over 20 million killed. See {626597} for the Clausewitz commandment he refers to.

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Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Timoshenko
  • Born: February 18, 1895
  • Died: March 31, 1970
  • Nationality: Russian
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Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (Russian: Семён Константи́нович Тимоше́нко, Semën Konstantinovič Timošenko; Ukrainian: Семе́н Костянти́нович Тимоше́нко, Semen Kostiantynovych Tymoshenko) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.