Word: popov
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Joseph Stalin's turn to speak. As all Russia rejoiced over the unprecedented double victory, the Marshal addressed a special order of the day to Generals Popov, Sokolovsky, Rokossovsky, Vatutin and Konev: "The legend of the Germans that Soviet troops are allegedly unable to wage a successful offensive in the summertime has been dispelled. . . . Death to the German invaders...
...long list of generals who had distinguished themselves this winter and the name of Timoshenko did not appear among them. This unprecedented list personalized the Red Army with new names, new faces (see cuts) like those of the Don commander, Lieut. General K. Rokossovsky, and Lieut. General M. M. Popov, one of ten officers whose troops "particularly distinguished themselves...