Semion Timochenko citations

Semion Konstantinovitch Timochenko est un militaire soviétique. Il fut maréchal de l'Union soviétique. Wikipedia  

✵ 6. février 1895 – 31. mars 1970
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Semion Timochenko: Citations en anglais

“We have fine troops, they are inured.”

Quoted in "Timoshenko: Marshal of the Red Army" - Page 89 - by Walter Mehring - 1942

“The Red Army must keep its powder dry and be in constant mobilization and preparedness.”

Quoted in "Soviet Politics at Home and Abroad" - Page 414 - by Frederick Lewis Schuman - History - 1946

“The Russians have learned much in this hard war in which the Finns fought with heroism.”

Quoted in "The Winter War: The Soviet Attack on Finland" - Page 146 - by Eloise Engle, Eloise Paananen, Lauri Paananen - History - 1992

“It is possible that the Germans will attack, and it is necessary that the fleet be in readiness.”

Quoted in "The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad" - Page 33 - by Harrison Evans Salisbury - 1972

“We'll spin them out like a bobbin thread.”

To Ralph Parker, about the Nazis. Quoted in "Timoshenko: Marshal of the Red Army" - Page 91 - by Walter Mehring - 1942

“No actions are to be taken against the Germans without our consent.”

Quoted in "Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of World War II on the Eastern Front" - Page 107 - by Constantine Pleshakov - 2005