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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov [a] ( Russian: Георгий Константинович Жуков; 1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. He also served as Chief of the General Staff, Minister of Defence, and was a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party (later Politburo).
May 28, 2024 · Georgy Zhukov (born December 1 [November 19, Old Style], 1896, Kaluga province, Russia—died June 18, 1974, Moscow) was a marshal of the Soviet Union, and the most important Soviet military commander during World War II.
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May 30, 2019 · Marshal Georgy Zhukov (December 1, 1896–June 18, 1974) was the most important and most successful Russian general in World War II. He was responsible for the successful defense of Moscow, Stalingrad, and Leningrad against German forces and eventually pushed them back to Germany.
Aug 29, 2017 · What made Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov a great general? Simply put, he was the greatest Soviet commander of World War II because he mastered the concept and practice of combined-arms warfare well before the war with Germany began.
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Georgy Zhukov fought back the Nazis and captured Berlin, but the great marshal fared worse in the dirty power struggle between communist bosses that came after the war. When Georgy Zhukov,...
In the next Soviet war games, Zhukov commanded the enemy forces and defeated the Red Army, leading an impressed Stalin to name him chief of the General Staff in February 1941. On June 22, 1941, Hitler unleashed his invasion.
Georgy Zhukov, (born Dec. 1, 1896, Kaluga province, Russia—died June 18, 1974, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Soviet army commander in World War II. He joined the Red Army in the Russian Civil War and rose to become head of Soviet forces in Manchuria (1938–39).