Ivan Stepanovich Konev was a Soviet military commander who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, retook much of Eastern Europe from occupation by the Axis Powers, and helped in the capture of Germany's capital, Berlin.
In 1956, as the Commander of Warsaw Pact forces, Konev led the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution by Soviet armoured divisions.
“As for me, I had to know exactly what the situation was in Dukla Pass. Moscow had demanded it.”
Quoted in "The Last Six Months: Russia's Final Battles with Hitler's Armies in World War II" - Page 312 - by Sergeĭ Matveevich Shtemenko - History - 1977.
Quoted in "Russia at War, 1941-1945" - Page 779 - by Alexander Werth - 1964.
Quoted in "How Wars End: Eye-witness Accounts of the Fall of Berlin" - by Vladimir Sevruk - History - 1974 - Page 27.
Quoted in "The Last Battle" - Page 354 - by Cornelius Ryan - History - 1966.
