Vasily Chuikov in a dark alley?
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 11:16 pm
I was looking up the Soviet 54th Rifle Division and found that it was part of the 9th Army headed by Vasily Chuikov. That rang a bell, so I clicked on the link for his bio:
What? That doesn't look like OOB's portrait of him! Or does it? From all the bling on his chest, I deduced that photo was of him in later years, when he was Marshal of the Soviet Union or something. I searched for pictures of him at a younger age and came up with this:
That indeed looks like OOB's portrait; though perhaps a tad even younger:
Regardless; at any age, I would not want to meet Vasily Chuikov in a dark alley.
- Vasily_Ivanovich_Chuikov.jpg (211.22 KiB) Viewed 905 times
What? That doesn't look like OOB's portrait of him! Or does it? From all the bling on his chest, I deduced that photo was of him in later years, when he was Marshal of the Soviet Union or something. I searched for pictures of him at a younger age and came up with this:
- Vasily Chuikov.jpg (47.57 KiB) Viewed 905 times
That indeed looks like OOB's portrait; though perhaps a tad even younger:
- commander_125.png (126.77 KiB) Viewed 905 times
Regardless; at any age, I would not want to meet Vasily Chuikov in a dark alley.