Vasily Chuikov was the commander of the 62nd Army during the Battle of Stalingrad .
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov ( Russian : Васи́лий Ива́нович Чуйко́в ) ( February 12 , 1900 – March 18 , 1982 ) was a Soviet lieutenant general in the Red Army during World War II , commander of the 62nd Army during the Battle of Stalingrad , twice Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1944 , 1945 ) , who after the war became a Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Vasily Chuikov