Editing Semyon Timoshenko (section)

==== 1943–1945 ====
Nonetheless, Timoshenko continued active military action in the later phase of the war. From March 1943, he was appointed as a representative of the Stavka to coordinate the actions of a number of fronts. He took part in the development and conduct of some operations. From March to June 1943, Timoshenko coordinated the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts during the battles at the Leningrad sector. By December 1943, he had coordinated the North Caucasian Front and the Black Sea Fleet, oversaw the liberation of the North Caucasus and [[Novorossiysk]], the landing operation in [[Kerch Peninsula]], paving the way for the liberation of [[Crimea]] later. From February to June 1944, he oversaw the actions of 2nd and 3rd Baltic fronts, including the Starorussko-Novorzhevskaya operation. From August 1944 until the end of the war, he coordinated the actions of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Ukrainian fronts.<ref>[https://srcaltufevo.ru/uk/timoshenko-semen-konstantinovich-biografiya-kratko-sem-n-konstantinovich.html Тимошенко насіння Костянтиновича біографія коротко. Семен Костянтинович Тимошенко: біографія Маршал Тимошенко у роки Великої Вітчизняної]</ref>

Timoshenko was awarded his first Order of Suvorov, 1st class, due to the achievements in the Caucasus and the bridgehead in Crimea.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie1560612223/?backurl=/heroes/?last_name=%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE&first_name=%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD&middle_name=%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87&group=all&types=pamyat_commander:nagrady_nagrad_doc:nagrady_uchet_kartoteka:nagrady_ubilein_kartoteka:potery_vpp:potery_doneseniya_o_poteryah:potery_gospitali:potery_utochenie_poter:potery_spiski_zahoroneniy:potery_voennoplen:potery_iskluchenie_iz_spiskov:potery_kartotek | title=Тимошенко Семен Константинович :: Память народа }}</ref> After the Red Army liberated [[Chișinău]] on 25 August during the Jassy–Kishinev offensive, Timoshenko sent a telegram to Stalin that praised the achievement of the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian fronts under his coordination and requested the promotion of their respective commanders, Malinovsky and Tolbukhin, to the rank of [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]]. The commanders were indeed promoted, and Timoshenko was also awarded another Order of Suvorov, 1st class.<ref>[https://news.rambler.ru/other/41742911-timoshenko-unichtozhenie-yuzhnoy-ukrainy/ Тимошенко: уничтожение «Южной Украины» Об этом сообщает "Рамблер". Далее: https://news.rambler.ru/other/41742911/]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie1560603642/?backurl=/heroes/?last_name=%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE&first_name=%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD&middle_name=%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87&group=all&types=pamyat_commander:nagrady_nagrad_doc:nagrady_uchet_kartoteka:nagrady_ubilein_kartoteka:potery_vpp:potery_doneseniya_o_poteryah:potery_gospitali:potery_utochenie_poter:potery_spiski_zahoroneniy:potery_voennoplen:potery_iskluchenie_iz_spiskov:potery_kartoteki&page=1&static_hash=723218fe0db377be03092ee28da66428 | title=Тимошенко Семен Константинович :: Память народа }}</ref> On 4 June 1945, Timoshenko was awarded the [[Order of Victory]] for his contributions in the war.

In 1945, Timoshenko attended the [[Yalta Conference]]. A rumor started in the Western press that Stalin had attacked Timoshenko, but this was later disproved.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Between 15 August 1945 and 15 September 1945, Timoshenko travelled alone to review the [[Staryya Darohi|Starye Dorogi]] [[Displaced persons camps in post-World War II Europe|displaced persons camp]] where [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] survivors recuperated after their liberation. Later, the author [[Primo Levi]] (Prisoner 174517) wrote in ''[[The Truce]]'' of how the extremely tall Timoshenko "unfolded himself from a tiny [[Fiat 500 "Topolino"|Fiat 500A Topolino]]" to announce that the liberated survivors would soon begin their final journey home.<ref>Levi, Primo, ''If This Is a Man – The Truce'' (Abacus, 2013), p. 350.</ref>