Georgy Zhukov
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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was a Soviet military leader who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. During World War II, Zhukov served as
Zhukov in 1960
Non-commissioned officer Georgy Zhukov, Russian Imperial Army, 1916
Zhukov as a regimental commander, 1920s
Graduates of the Leningrad Higher Cavalry School (1924/25). Standing in the third row (right to left): 1. Zhukov, 5. Rokossovsky.
Battles of Khalkhin Gol
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The Battles of Khalkhin Gol, known in Japan as the Nomonhan Incident after Nomonhan Burd Obo, were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts which involved the Soviet
Georgy Zhukov
…after which he quickly rose through the ranks. In summer 1939, Zhukov commanded a Soviet army group to a decisive victory over Japanese forces at the Battles of Khalkhin Gol, for which he won the first of his four Hero of the Soviet Union awards. In February 1941, Stalin appointed Zhukov as chief of the General Staff of the…
Japanese infantrymen near wrecked Soviet armored vehicles, July 1939
Mongolian cavalry in the Khalkhin Gol (1939)
Mongolian troops fight against a Japanese counterattack on the western beach of the river Khalkhin Gol, 1939
Japanese soldiers cross the Khalkhin Gol