Gregori Konstantinovich Zhukov

Field Marshal Gregori Konstantinovich Zhukov was without debate the most important Soviet general of the war. A conscript in the Imperial Army in WWI, Zhukov was highly decorated in the cavalry, but joined the Red Army in 1918. Between the wars he studied military in Germany as a guest of the Weimar Republic.

Commanding in Mongolia, Zhukov defeated the Japanese at the Battle of Nomonhan in the summer of 1939, which launched a remarkable career.

Zhukov was in the center of all of the Soviets' greatest successes. His battles read like a history of the war in Russia itself: the defense of Leningrad in 1941, the defense of Moscow, the counteroffensive in front of Moscow, the Stalingrad counterattack, Kursk, Operation BAGRATION (also known as the Destruction of Army Group Center), and finally, the Battle for Berlin.

Perhaps most amazing is the fact that the Stalinist purges of the 1930s intended to include Zhukov -- he was saved from liquidation only by clerical mistakes.

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