Georgy Zhukov was born on 2 December 1896 in Strelkovka. A Marshal of the Soviet Union, Zhukov was the most celebrated Soviet commander of the Second World War. He defended Leningrad and Moscow in 1941, the latter ending in a counteroffensive, and took part in the planning of the victories at Stalingrad and Kursk. He led the Red Army's march into Germany, and accepted the German surrender in Berlin in May 1945. Though popular, he aroused the suspicion of Stalin, who sent him to command remote districts after the war. He served as defense minister under Khrushchev, but was dismissed in 1957, and his memoirs were published later.
Before and after
- 9 August 1896Birth of Jean Piaget
- 27 August 1896Anglo-Zanzibar War
- 24 September 1896Birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 12 October 1896Birth of Eugenio Montale
- 2 December 1896Birth of Georgy Zhukov
- 10 December 1896Death of Alfred Nobel
- 1897Construction of Villa Park
- 1897Publication of The War of the Worlds
- 1897Electron
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