Rodion Malinovsky quotes

Rodion Malinovsky was a prominent Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II. He played a key role in several major battles on the Eastern Front and in the liberation of Eastern Europe. He later served as Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union, shaping military policy during the Cold War. Here are 5 of his quotes:

The Soviet Army, Air Force and Navy are strong enough to thwart any attempts of imperalist reaction to disrupt the peaceful labor of our people or the unity and solidarity of the socialist camp.

Rodion Malinovsky

Don't touch us, gentlemen imperialists, don't threaten us for you yourselves will fall into the abyss which you are so diligently preparing for us and burn to cinders in nuclear inferno.

Rodion Malinovsky

Service is service, wherever it occurred. The defense of the fatherland is no small thing.

Rodion Malinovsky

Playing down the effective capacity of the USSR to deal a counterblow to the aggressor and exaggeration of their transoceanic capabilities...do not testify to the presence of common sense among the U. S. military.

Rodion Malinovsky