08-12-2005, 05:22 PM
Those are interesting articles and links. Remember too he managed to survive the Stalin Purges of the mid 1930's when just about every officer of any consequence in the Red Army was shot. A fact which certainly contributed greatly to the "preparedness" of the Red Army and Air Force in June 1941.
Zhukov was without a doubt the best tactician of the war. And an argument can easily be made to declare him the best military commander of the war. When he first appeared on the battlefields of the eastern front to stop then push back the Nazis at the gates of Moscow it was at the head of his fresh "Eastern armies". From then on any battle that Zhukov took command of was won. He stands as great in history as any soldier throughout the ages bar none.
Ron
Zhukov was without a doubt the best tactician of the war. And an argument can easily be made to declare him the best military commander of the war. When he first appeared on the battlefields of the eastern front to stop then push back the Nazis at the gates of Moscow it was at the head of his fresh "Eastern armies". From then on any battle that Zhukov took command of was won. He stands as great in history as any soldier throughout the ages bar none.
Ron
