"We plan alone but we fulfill our plans together with the enemy, as it were, in accordance with his opposition."

"I do not want to give any orders to the airmen, but get hold of a Komsomol air unit, and say I want volunteers for th…"

"Our neighbors use searchlights, for they want more light. I tell you, Nikolai Pavlovich, we need more darkness."

"As for me, I had to know exactly what the situation was in Dukla Pass. Moscow had demanded it."

"Konev was waiting with his staff outside the gloomy villa he had commandeered for a CP. A powerfully built man with a…"

"After dinner Konev led us into the great hall of his house. A chorus of Red Army soldiers broke into the "Star-Spangl…"

"As we left Konev's villa that afternoon, the marshal accompanied me into the garden. An orderly led out a Don Caucasu…"

"On another occasion, I decided to give Konev, who liked to hunt, a custom-built rifle, with a silver plate on the sto…"

"Once I said to Konev, "You've made ten demands at this Council meeting that we can't meet. But suppose I should say, …"

"On March 31 Stalin received a message from Eisenhower, intended to improve coordination between their armies. The All…"