The plans of NATO are defensive because they assume we are aggressive. NATO is aggressive as it is the alliance of capitalist countries.

Our neighbors use searchlights, for they want more light. I tell you, Nikolai Pavlovich, we need more darkness.

Konev was a tall, gruff, vigorous man with a shrewd twinkle in his blue eyes. He was 48 years old, a year younger than Zhukov, and in some respects his career …

I do not want to give any orders to the airmen, but get hold of a Komsomol air unit, and say I want volunteers for the job.