Word: antonov
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stalin's deputy. He left his planning job to acquire glory as the conqueror of Konigsberg in East Prussia and as commander in the brief war against Japan. Vasilevsky, now Deputy Commissar of Defense, may soon replace Stalin as Defense Commissar. General Alexei 1. Antonov, 44, who succeeded Vasilevsky as Chief of Staff, reviewed the troops in Red Square. Antonov's next job is to improve the discipline and morale of the victorious but uncouth Red Army...
...speaker's rostrum strode Chief of Staff General Alexei Antonov. For the Red Army, for all war-weary Russians, and for Russia's Allies who are still at war, General Antonov had important news: by the end of the year, the Red Army's 13 oldest age groups, numbering undisclosed millions, would be demobilized...
...General Antonov also declared: "We cannot rest on our laurels." Russian forces must "remain on a level commensurate with our greatness." Moscow's radio revealed that beyond the Urals "the training of fighting reserves does not cease for a moment...