Aleksei Antonov

Aleksei Innokentievich Antonov (Алексей Иннокентьевич Антонов) (1896-1962) was a General of the Army of the Soviet Army, the only Soviet general awarded with the Order of Victory.

Son of a Tsarist artillery officer

• 1921 Graduated Frunze Military Academy
• 1921 Joined the Red Army
• 1931 Chief of Staff 46th Rifle Division
• 1934 Chief Operations Kharkov Military District
• 1937 – 1938 Chief of Staff Moscow Military District
• 1938 – 1941 Instructor Frunze Military Academy
• 1941 Deputy Chief of Staff Kiev Special Military District
• 1941 Chief of Staff Southwestern Front
• 1941 Chief of Staff Southern Front
• 1941 – 1942 Chief of Staff North Caucasus Front
• 1942 Chief of Staff Black Sea Operational Group of Forces
• 1942 Chief of Staff Transcaucasian Front
• 1942 – 1945 Deputy Chief General Staff
• 1942 – 1945 Head Operations Directorate his job was to liaison with other officers and inform Stalin of the military situations. He took part in the preparations of the Offensive on Berlin. By 1944 he became Chief Spokesman and was present at the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences. At the Yalta Conference he briefed the Western Allies on how the Allies could aid Soviets by bombing lines of communications which led to the Dresden raid.
• 1945 – 1946 Chief General Staff
• 1946 – 1948 Deputy Chief General Staff
• 1948 – 1954 Deputy General Officer Commander in Chief Transcaucasian Military District
• 1954 General Officer Commander in Chief Transcaucasian Military District. helped to organise the Military Coup in Georgia (1953–54)
• 1954 – 1955 Chief General Staff
• 1955 – 1962 Chief of Staff Warsaw Pact Forces