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Born November 23, 1898 • Odesa • Ukraine • (Birthday in 2 days)
Died March 31, 1967 (aged 68) • Moscow • Russia
Role In Eastern Front • World War II
Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Timoshenko
Soviet general
Georgy Zhukov
Georgy Zhukov
Soviet marshal
Ivan Konev
Ivan Stepanovich Konev
Soviet general
Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov
Soviet military and political leader
Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
Soviet commander
Vlasov, Andrey Andreyevich
Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov
Soviet officer
Demjanjuk, John
John Demjanjuk
Ukrainian-born automobile worker
Vasily Chuikov
Soviet general
Gerd von Rundstedt.
Gerd von Rundstedt
German field marshal
Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian
German general
Eberbach, Heinrich
Heinrich Eberbach
German military officer
Bock, Fedor von
Fedor von Bock
German military officer
Kleist, Paul Ludwig von
Paul Ludwig von Kleist
German general
Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov
Russian officer
Günther von Kluge, German field marshal during World War II.
Günther von Kluge
German general
Hasso, baron of Manteuffel
German military strategist
Brauchitsch, Walther von
Walther von Brauchitsch
German military officer
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov
foreign minister of Soviet Union
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
United States military officer

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