Konstantin Rokossovsky

Konstantin Konstantinovich (Xaverevich) Rokossovsky (Polish: Konstanty Rokossowski) (December 21, 1896 – August 3, 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer who became Marshal of the Soviet Union, Marshal of Poland and served as Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 until his removal in 1956 during the Polish October. He was among the most prominent Red Army commanders of World War II, especially renowned for his planning and executing of Operation Bagration, one of the most decisive Red Army successes of the Second World War.