• Convicted and tortured during the Purges of 1937-1938.
• Commanded multiple Army Groups and served in many campaigns during the war.
• Awarded twice the “Hero of the Soviet Union”, July 29, 1944 and June 1, 1945.
• Promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union June 29, 1944.
• Made “Marshal of Poland” November 2, 1949.  
• Born 1896, Died 1968.

Marshal Rokossovsky - Cover of Time Magazine, August 23, 1943

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M-1943 Field Service Uniform 
of Marshal of the Soviet Union
Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky

Official portrait of Marshal Rokossovsky in his "Victory Parade" Uniform