Vasily Volsky

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Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky (March 10, 1897February 22, 1946) was the Colonel General of Soviet tank forces who led the Fourth mechanized cavalry corps during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943. They entered the South-east siege in Operation Uranus to obtain an encirclement by destroying the Romanian army commanded by Gebele.

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Stalingrad: The Faithful Siege (1999) by Antony Beevor.


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