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

— Semyon Timoshenko

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

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Soviet military commander 1895–1970

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