We plan alone but we fulfill our plans together with the enemy, as it were, in accordance with his opposition.

- Ivan Konev

I do not want to give any orders to the airmen, but get hold of a Komsomol air unit, and say I want volunteers for the job.

- Ivan Konev

As for me, I had to know exactly what the situation was in Dukla Pass. Moscow had demanded it.

- Ivan Konev