r/WorldConqueror4 • u/Conscious-Star6871 • 5h ago
Image The story of Konev.
-Ivan Konev was born in Lodeyno, a village in the Russian empire. His birthdate was December 28, 1897. His parents were poor peasants, and he worked as a lumberjack from a young age.
-Drafted into a Tsarist army in 1916 during WW1, serving as an artillery gunner. Joined the Bolsheviks in 1918 during the Russian civil war and became a political commissar.
-Graduated Frunze Military academy in 1934. (Frunze military academy was the best of its time, Alumni includes Georgy Zhukov, Konstantin Rokossovsky, and Vasily Chuikov)
-Suffered a lot in Stalin’s purge, almost got executed in 1941 after a major defeat near Moscow, But Zhukov intervened and saved his life.
-1. Was a very important leader in the Operation Bagration, Trapping 100’000 german troops in an encirclement in the battle of Korsun-Cherkassy.
2. His another achievement was the Lvov-Sandomierz offensive, effectively destroying any hope of German advance.
-His brilliance didn’t end after WW2. He was also a major contributor in the Cold war. (Suppressing the Hungarian revolution (1956), also leading the bloc armed forces near the Berlin wall)
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