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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov [a] (‹See Tfd› Russian: Георгий Константинович Жуков; 1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974) was Marshal of the Soviet Union from 1943 to 1957.
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.
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.
Marshal Georgy Zhukov oversaw the defence of the city in the siege of Leningrad in 1941, and planned the Stalingrad counteroffensive where together with Aleksandr Vasilevsky, he oversaw the encirclement and surrender of the German Sixth Army in 1943.
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.
Marshal Georgi Zhukov, Hero of the Soviet Union, led the Red Army to victory against the Nazis. This article appears in: July 2003. By Blaine Taylor.
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).
Nov 1, 2012 · With good reason, many military historians consider Georgy Zhukov to have been the greatest general of World War II. No other military leader played so central a role in so many battles that determined the war’s outcome, from the defense of Leningrad and Stalingrad to the conquest of Germany.
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Soviet military commander. Born a peasant, Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov became the Soviet Union 's leading commander during World War II before a stormy career in postwar Soviet politics.
Zhukov led the final Soviet assault on Germany in 1945, capturing Berlin in April and becoming a world-famous figure. He then commanded the Soviet occupation forces in Germany.
