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

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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Quoted in "The Last Battle" - Page 354 - by Cornelius Ryan - History - 1966.