I. V. Stalin during the discussion of a report more than once explained to us how to best use the infantry, tanks, and aviation during the upcoming summer operations of the Red Army. I returned from the Kremlin awash in new impressions. I understood, that the head of our armed forces was not only the most exemplary political leader of our time, but also a general well versed in military theory and practice.
—Marshal of the USSR I. H. Bagramian