Vasily Sokolovsky

July 21, 1897 – May 10, 1968

Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who commanded fronts in the Second World War, headed the Soviet military administration in Germany during the Berlin Blockade and was later Chief of the General Staff.

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Military service

• Red Army Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Western Front (Soviet Union) Commander

Affiliations

Party membership

• from Jan 1, 1931 Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Education

• Frunze Military Academy

Timeline

1898

1903

1908

1913

1918

1923

1928

1933

1938

1943

1948

1953

1958

1963

1968

 

Vasily Sokolovsky

 

Basmachi movement

 

Russian Civil War

 

Eastern Front (World War II)

 

Battle of Smolensk (1941)

 

Battle of Moscow

 

Winter campaign of 1941–1942

 

Battles of Rzhev

 

Rzhev–Vyazma Offensive

 

Battle of Kursk

 

Operation Kutuzov

 

Smolensk operation

 

Orsha offensives (1943)

 

Berlin Blockade