The battle of Kursk... the forcing of the Dnieper... and the liberation of Kiev, left Hitlerite Germany facing catastrophe. Vasily Chuikov More Quotes by Vasily Chuikov More Quotes From Vasily Chuikov The heavy casualties, the constant retreat, the shortage of food and munitions, the difficulty of receiving reinforcements... all this had a very bad effect on morale. Many longed to get across the Volga, to escape the hell of Stalingrad. Vasily Chuikov reinforcement retreat receiving Every German soldier must be made to feel that he is living under the muzzle of a Russian gun. Vasily Chuikov muzzle gun soldier When a decision is taken belatedly, its execution inevitably leads to haste. Vasily Chuikov execution taken decision
