"If they [the Germans] attack, we will defend. If they do not attack until winter comes, then we will and will tear them to shreds!"
— Georgy Zhukov

January 1, 1970

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Quoted in "Rickenbacker: [an autobiography]" - Page 373 - by Eddie Rickenbacker - Air pilots, Military - 1967