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Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky, (born December 21 [December 9, Old Style], 1896, Velikiye Luki, Russia—died August 3, 1968, Moscow), Soviet military commander noted for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad (1942–43). Rokossovsky, whose father was a railroad engineer, served in the imperial army as a noncommissioned officer in World ...

Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky played a key command role in the Soviet offensive. This remarkable communist warrior died after six years in peaceful retirement after drafting his memoirs at age 71 on August 3, 1968, while the Soviet Union was invading its postwar satellite Czechoslovakia for the second time in less than 25 years.

Quick Reference. (1896–1968) Polish-born Soviet field-marshal. Rokossovsky enlisted in the Tsarist army and joined the Red Army in 1919. Arrested during Stalin's purges, he was released from prison camp to become one of the outstanding generals of World War II, taking part in the battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, and others.

Konstantin Rokossovsky. Portrait 1916. Soviet Union postage stamp. Konstanty Rokossovsky, Polish: Konstanty Rokossowski, (21 December 1896 in Warsaw - 3 August 1968 in Moscow) was a Marshall of the Soviet Union (1944), a marshall of Poland (1949), and twice a Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945).

Konstantin Rokossovsky, the Soviet commanding officer who masterminded the encirclement of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, was put in charge of the offensive and the stated military objective was to “destroy Army Group Center, liberate the Belorussian Soviet Republic, and then begin the liberation of fraternal Poland.”

Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky was a Soviet and Polish officer who became a Marshal of the Soviet Union, a Marshal of Poland, and served as Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 until his removal in 1956 during the Polish October. He became one of the most prominent Red Army commanders of World War II.

Konstantin Rokossovsky (kənstəntyēn´ rŏkŏs-sôf´skē), 1896–1968, Soviet general, b. Warsaw. He entered the czarist army and in 1917 joined the Bolshevik forces in the Russian Revolution. Purged in 1937, he was rehabilitated in 1940.

Konstanty Rokossovsky, Polish: Konstanty Rokossowski, (21 December 1896 in Warsaw - 3 August 1968 in Moscow) was a Marshall of the Soviet Union (1944), a marshall of Poland (1949), and twice a Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945). Portrait 1916 Soviet Union postage stamp