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Chuikov at the 62nd Army command post in Stalingrad in December 1942. The determination that Chuikov instilled in his men enabled the 62nd Army to defend the city against all odds. Chuikov presenting the guards banner of the 39th Guards Rifle Division in Stalingrad in January 1943 Chuikov, holding a stick, amidst the ruins of Stalingrad in 1943.
From mid August 1942 until late January 1943, the 62nd Army, under the command of General Vasily Chuikov, fought in the Battle of Stalingrad. 62nd Army conducted an epic defense of the city against repeated and desperate attacks by the German 6th Army. The Army, along with the 64th Army, was operating under the Soviet Stalingrad Front.
Vasily Chuikov Military unit The 8th Guards Order of Lenin Combined Arms Army (abbreviated 8th GCAA ) was an army of the Soviet Army , as a successor to the 62nd Army of the Soviet Union 's Red Army , which was formed during World War II and was disbanded in 1998 after being downsized into a corps.
The parade in Grodno was supervised by Kombrig Vasily Chuikov." [13] Another author, Alexander Nekrich, made a similar claim, taking some "photographs" as evidence: "The conclusion of military operations against Poland was marked by joint parades of German and Soviet militaries in Brest and Lwow in the first days of October [1939]." [14]
Appearing in exclusive interviews would be Russian Commanders like Georgi Zhukov and Vasily Chuikov. Other interviews shot for the series included Soviet general secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Averell Harriman , who was U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union during World War II.
As General Chuikov acknowledged, "Remembering the defence of Stalingrad, I can't overlook the very important question … about the role of women in war, in the rear, but also at the front. Equally with men they bore all the burdens of combat life and together with us men, they went all the way to Berlin."
Vasily Sokolovsky (1897–1968) 10 April 1946: 29 March 1949: 2 years, 353 days Soviet Army: 3: Army general Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982) 29 March 1949 ...
Vasily Chuikov, who led Soviet forces at Stalingrad, lies buried at Mamayev Kurgan; this makes him the only Marshal of the Soviet Union to be buried outside Moscow. 34,505 soldiers who were defenders of Stalingrad are buried there; sniper Vasily Zaytsev was also reburied there, in 2006.