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Events on Saturday 3 August 1968 1
1896 – 1968Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896-1968)Died 3 August 1968, aged 71The Soviet and Polish military commander led Red Army forces to major victories against Nazi Germany, including at Stalingrad and in the liberation of Warsaw. He later served as Poland's Minister of National Defence during the early Cold War. He died in Moscow and was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.