Vatutin

Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin, rightfully belongs to the most talented commanders of the Great Patriotic War. He made a huge contribution to the development of the theory and practice of counterattacks, the environment and defeat of large enemy groups, the implementation of the quick and decisive maneuver by troops, the actions of mobile groups of the front and the army, the organization of sustainable and active defense. His name is inextricably linked with the victories of the Red Army near Stalingrad and on the Kursk Bulge, during the forcing of the Dnieper and the liberation of Kyiv ... It is no accident that Vatutin was called the “general from the offensive”, “General from Victory”. And the German military leaders, who experienced the strength and power of Vatutin’s blows, christened him with a grandmaster. Having learned about the death of Vatutin, the inspector of the tank troops of the Wehrmacht Gainz Guderian said the chief adjutant A. Hitler: "I congratulate us all. This news is equivalent to a message about victory in a big battle ... It is very dangerous to have such an enemy.