Who are the most important russian generals from ww2 and what are their achievements?
Answer:
Russia’s military leadership within WWII is a fascinating study, as just before the outbreak of the war were the purges of Stalin, where up to 95% of all the high-ranking generals in the Soviet army were either exiled, executed, or sent to labor camps. These purges meant that although Russia had the largest army in the world it had no effective leadership whatsoever and a large number of generals who had almost no experience. This was one of the central reasons behind the rapid advance of Hitler’s army in the Summer of 1941, which led to him almost capturing Moscow, the nation’s capital. It was then that the most famous of the Soviet generals, Georgy Zhukov, arrived with his troops after many years defending the eastern borders of Siberia against Japanese incursions. His experience and determination was widely lauded and celebrated by the Russian people and government and he was one of the central figures in the successful defense of Russia against the German invasion.