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| Дата | 02.10.2003 18:17:44 |  |
| Рубрики | WWII; |  |
Генерал Антонов о второй половине августа.
Из мемуаров Трумэна:
The following morning—it was July 24 —Admirals Leahy and King and Generals Marshall, Arnold, and Somervell accompanied me to
the British headquarters to go over the military strategy for the next stages of the war with Japan.
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That same day, in the afternoon, the Combined Chiefs met for the first and only time with the Russian Chiefs of Staff: General Antonov,
the Red Army Chief of Staff; Admiral of the Fleet Kuznetsov of the People's Commissariat for the Navy; and Marshal of Aviation
Fallalev, the Chief of the Soviet Air Staff. Antonov was accompanied by his deputy, Lieutenant General Slavin. Admiral Leahy
presided at the meeting, and later he and General Marshall gave me a detailed report.
The primary purpose was to co-ordinate strategy in the Far East, an important step toward bringing Russia into the war on our side.
General Antonov reported that Soviet troops were being concentrated in the Far East in order to be ready to start operations against
the Japanese in the latter half of August.
The exact date, he informed our military leaders, would depend on the satisfactory completion
of the negotiations with the Chinese.