Word: semion
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...knew the use of every armed branch; he knew that teamwork produced victory. The teammates were all his intimate friends-young Novikov, now Chief Marshal of Aviation, Zhukov, Marshal Semion Timoshenko...
...White Russia the young, ragged Red Army's prodigy, 28-year-old Mikhail Tukhachevsky, met the Poles. In the Ukraine, Semion Budenny's Cossacks counterattacked. By August, the Red horsemen were at Lwow's gates, Tukhachevsky at Warsaw...
When Hitler invaded Russia, Bagramian was a colonel. Five months later, tough Bagramian was a lieutenant general. He became tough Marshal Semion Timoshenko's Assistant Chief of Staff, tasted the bitterness of defeat, learned precious lessons...
...clearing of the Caucasus by an army directed by square-jawed Marshal Semion Timoshenko. Stalin hinted the victory cleared the way for an attack on the Crimea, claimed the defeat cost the Germans 20,000 dead, 3,000 prisoners...
...northern retreat began in the Demyansk swamps south of Lake Ilmen, where Marshal Semion Timoshenko climaxed an offensive with a great breakthrough (TIME, March 8). For 18 months the Germans had clung doggedly to the western part of the swamp area. In the warm months these marshlands form one of the best natural barriers in Russia. Last year this barrier served the Germans; this year it will serve the Red Army and hamper any German counteroffensive in the north. Winter's freeze made the swamps passable, and Timoshenko used the waning weeks of winter to smash through so fast...