Marshal Ivan Koniev

I read that he was promoted Marshal after the Korsun pocket battles 1944? Any info/details on his actions etc on the the occasion?





http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/riley/787/Soviet/Koniev/koniev.html

 

"After the victory at Kursk, Iván Kóniev's armies (Ukrainian, later I Ukrainian front) liberated Belgorod, Odessa, Khárkov and Kíev from the Germans, and advanced to the Romanian border. For his achievements on the Ukrainian Front Kóniev was promoted to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in February 1944."

From wikipedia.org

 

wasn't Konev (sp) ? responsible for the assault on Berlin in 45 ? I know nothing about the Soviet leadership.....

 

Erich:

The assault on Berlin was executed by three amazingly strong Army Groups:

II Bielorrusian Front (leaded by marshal Konstantín Rokossovski) launched an attack north of Berlin from Pomerania against Heinrici's forces.

I Bielorrusian Front (under marshal Georgi K. Zhúkov) was the one that actually captured the German capital.

I Ukrainian Front (under marshal Iván Kóniev) was also given the order to capture the city by Stalin, but it was heavily engaged in the southern skirts of the city, preventing the XII and IX German armies from reaching the city or forming an effective line of defence. The I Ukrainian Front surrounded the city from the south and west, prevented a German breakthrough and took the southern neighbourhoods of Berlin and also Zossen and Potsdam.

 

thanks Fried, yes Zukhov comes to mind now as one of the Soviet leaders given the responsiblity to capture the city. thanks for the clarification. I beleive it may have been Koniev or others that tried to crash through the eastern regions between Budapest and Wien but were held up momentairly by the goofy op carried out by I., II., and IV. W-SS Panzer Korps and the slow retreat back into Austria

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Kai - one of the main reasons Konev was promoted to Marshal was to keep him in line with Zhukov who was always considered his nemesis. For example before the war Konev was in command of troops in the Khalkin Gol region but it was Zhukov who was given command of the troops who fought the Japanese. This was a situation that kept on occuring throughout the war. Zhukov kept on being given higher commands.

 

Thanx guys, thanx Mahross!

I think it was rather "sad" that after the war Zhukov started to like the fame and Stalin put him back in his place: Starting in 1946, Zhukov received a series of demotions culminating in an obscure command in the Urals Military District.

http://www.bookrags.com/biography/georgi-konstantinovich-zhukov/

 

Here I'll list the Soviet Army Groups (or 'fronts') that during the last days of the Reich assaulted the remains of the Wehrmacht, and their respective commanders. I hope it's worth it and you get to know these men, who were some times brave or eccentric, but all of them were without a doubt, some of the best military minds of the war.

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• III Bielorrussian Front [East Prussia]: colonel general Iván Danílovich Cherniakhovski (1906-1945)
  
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• II Bielorrussian Front [Pomerania]: marshal Konstantín Konstantínovich Rokossovski (1896-1968)
  
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• I Bielorrussian Front [Prussia and Saxony]: marshal Georgi Konstantínovich Zhúkov (1896-1974)
  
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• I Ukrainian Front [Silesia and Galitsia]: marshal Iván Stephánovich Kóniev (1897-1973)
  
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• IV Ukrainian Front [Slovakia]: colonel general Iván Yefímovich Piétrov (1896-1958)
  
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• II Ukrainian Front [Hungary and Austria]: marshal Ródion Yakovlievich Malinovski (1898-1967)
  
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• III Ukrainian Front [Yugoslavia and Austria]: marshal Fiódor Ivánovich Tobulkhin (1894-1949)
  
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