RECALLED TO POST
SOVIET CHIEF OF STAFF FOREMOST STRATEGIST (Reed. Nov. 3, noon.) LONDON, Nov. 2. Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov has been appointed as chief of the Russian General Staff. He was Chief of Staff until some months ago. when he resigned owing to ill-health. General Zhukov was then appointed Chief of Staff to succeed Marshal Shaposhnikov, and held the position until he was appointed as chief of the Moscow defences. Marshal Shaposhnikov has now been recalled to his former post. He is considered to be Russia’s foremost strategist. A further report states that Marshal Voroshilov and Marshal Budenny are forming reserve armies, Marshal Timoshenko having succeeded Marshal Budenny in the Ukraine.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20603, 3 November 1941, Page 5
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