General · Europe
Georgy Zhukov
1896–1974
Zhukov was a Soviet staff officer who became one of Stalin’s principal field commanders. He is associated with the defence of Leningrad and Moscow, with the Stalingrad counter-offensive, with Kursk, and with the assault on Berlin. After the war he was alternately promoted and pushed aside.
Battles
- Battle of Stalingrad
23 August 1942 · Volgograd · Russia
- Battle of Kursk
5 July 1943 · Kursk · Russia
- Battle of Berlin
16 April 1945 · Berlin · Germany