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Stalin Launched a Smear Campaign Against This Soviet World War II Hero
After World War II Russia s Great Patriotic War Georgy Zhukov had a hard time navigating the tangled web of political intrigue.
Here s What You Need to Know: A heart attack and an uncharacteristic moment of mercy from Stalin probably saved Zhukov from prison.
The Great Patriotic War, as World War II came to be known in the Soviet Union, provided the stage upon which Marshal Georgy Zhukov achieved lasting fame.
The architect of the Red Army’s offensive against the Third Reich, Zhukov and his armies had occupied the Nazi capital of Berlin and completed a massive military campaign against a formidable German military machine. Although his service in the Far East is less familiar, it is nevertheless important as well. Zhukov’s victory over the Japanese at Khalkin-Gol (Halha) in Mongolia in 1939 was a deciding factor in keeping the expansionist regime in Tokyo from prosecuting a full-scale war against the Sov