"We'll spin them out like a bobbin thread."

"It is possible that the Germans will attack, and it is necessary that the fleet be in readiness."

"No actions are to be taken against the Germans without our consent."

"We have fine troops, they are inured."

"We intend to check up on the fitness of our small units...If each such particle attains real efficiency and brings ge…"

"It is necessary to keep in mind the possibility of simultaneously conducting two, if not three, offensive operations …"

"We are harassing them and will go on harassing them until they are totally exhausted. This is not merely tactics of a…"

"The Russians have learned much in this hard war in which the Finns fought with heroism."

"Peoples of all the warring countries are trying to put an end to the war, to establish peace. And we believe that the…"

"The engagements in which Zhukov won his reputation were so massive that, inevitably, many outstanding Soviet military…"