Aleksandr Vasilevsky

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Aleksandr Vasilevsky was a prominent Soviet military leader and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played a key strategic role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marshal of the Soviet Union
Soviet military commander
human
allegiance Soviet Union
awardReceived Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Kutuzov
Order of Lenin
Order of Suvorov
Order of Victory
Order of the Red Banner
conflict Eastern Front (World War II)
World War II
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
educatedAt military academies of the Red Army
familyName Vasilevsky
fieldOfWork military strategy
operational art
genre military memoirs
givenName Aleksandr
hasPartOrComponent career spanning prewar, wartime, and postwar Soviet military service
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
militaryBranch Red Army
militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
notableFor command in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in 1945
coordination of Soviet offensives during World War II
influence on Soviet postwar military doctrine
key role in the Battle of Kursk
key role in the Battle of Stalingrad
planning of Operation Bagration
service as a key strategist of the Red Army General Staff
notableWork memoirs about the Great Patriotic War
strategic planning of major Red Army operations on the Eastern Front
occupation military officer
participatedIn Soviet Far East campaign against Japan in 1945
coordination of fronts during Operation Bagration
planning of the encirclement at Stalingrad
partOf Soviet High Command (Stavka)
positionHeld Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces
Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR
Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union
sexOrGender male


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