Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He is regarded as one of the finest Soviet generals of World War II.
Fyodor Tolbukhin in 1945
Marshal Tolbukhin inspects units of the Bulgarian First Army, Autumn 1944
Marshal Tolbukhin at a military parade, Bucharest 1949
The Belgrade offensive or the Belgrade strategic offensive operation was a military operation during World War II in Yugoslavia in which Belgrade was liberated from the German Wehrmacht through the jo
Fyodor Tolbukhin
…he was named a Marshal of the Soviet Union. Afterwards, Tolbukhin took part in the occupation of Bulgaria and liberated much of Yugoslavia after the Belgrade offensive. He commanded the Vienna offensive in May 1945 and helped set up the new Austrian government under Karl Renner. After the war, Tolbukhin received command…
Residents of Belgrade greet Soviet troops, 30 October 1944
Troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front on the offensive near Belgrade.
Fighting around Belgrade.