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