Marshal Georgii Zhukov

Was also known as the General who never lost a battle (Is that true?) Ruthless, brutal and successful. Why is it that nearly every top general has major character flaws? Maybe you have to be crazy to do the job of killing men in large numbers.

I rate Georgi Konstantinovish Zhukov as the Winner of WWII, and thus the greatest general of WWII.Zhukov's victory at Halkin Gol against the Japanese was indirectly responsible for the German's first major defeat of WWII outside of Moscow, December 1941. The Soviets would have given up Moscow without a battle had Zhukov not gained the trust and respect of insane homicidal maniac Joseph Stalin. Stalin had already made preparations to leave Moscow but after hearing the opinion of Zhukov that he could orchestrate a successful defense , changed his mind, and Moscow was defended and the rest is history The assertions that Zhukov's victories were ,in fact, really other Soviet generals work is not supported by any facts. A good review of Zhukov's work is in Aug 2005 Armchair General including a 1930 evaluation written by his then supervisor Konstantin Rokossovsky. Even ,David K Glantz, who wrote Operation Mars Zhukov's greatest defeat and is clearly biased against Zhukov, still rated him (in... Read more

most people probably remember Zhukov as the man who lead his men to slaughter at the Seelow Heights. However Zhukov was the driving force behind the Soviet turn-around at Stalingrad and lead the soviet armies to eventual victory over Nazi Germany

Marshal Zhukov was the chief architect of the Soviet defence at Leningrad, Moscow and their victory at Stalingrad against odds(the first decisive German defeat - an event that reversed the course of the war), and thereafter, the formidable triumph of the Red Army at Kursk, then Bagration, and finally until it marched through the streets of Berlin. It was his skill, strategy and most importantly- courage in front of Stalin(unlike Paulus et al) that made the Soviets prevail on the eastern front, probably making him the most crucially successful general of the WW2.