Oliver was an aged WW2 survivor who took the role of a Soviet commander as he led a squad of Russian troops in to Berlin, in 1976 due to his excellent survival instinct and tactical abilities, even in the most dire of situations and having earned countless medals in WW2, he became one of the Soviet Union's greatest commander's. Late 1986 he'd already led 49 missions to a success and soon rose to the rank of General.