Military The Battles of Georgy Zhukov

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A list of all important battles fought by Georgy Zhukov. This battles list includes any Georgy Zhukov battles, conflicts, campaigns, wars, skirmishes or military engagements of any kind. This list displays the battles Georgy Zhukov fought in alphabetically, but the battles/military engagements contain information such as where the battle was fought and who else was involved. List contains items like Operation Barbarossa and Battle of Stalingrad.

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Battle in Berlin Berlin, Germany - The battle in Berlin was an end phase of the Battle of Berlin. While the Battle of Berlin encompassed the attack by three Soviet Army Groups to capture not only Berlin but the territory of ...more

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Battle of Berlin Berlin, Germany - The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II. Starting on 12 January 1945, ...more

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Battles of Khalkhin Gol Khalkhyn Gol - The Battles of Khalkhyn Gol constituted the decisive engagement of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts fought among the Soviet Union, Mongolia and the Empire of Japan in 1939. The ...more

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Battle of Kursk Kursk, Russia - The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union during July and August 1943. The German offensive was ...more

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Battle of Moscow Moscow, Russia - The Battle of Moscow is the name given by Soviet historians to two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place ...more

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Battle of Smolensk Smolensk, Russia - The First Battle of Smolensk was the first major battle during Operation Barbarossa in World War II that significantly delayed the advance of Hitler's Wehrmacht in the USSR. It took place in the ...more

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Battle of Stalingrad Volgograd, Russia - The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern ...more

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Battle of the Seelow Heights Seelow, Germany - The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation, one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions of World War II. It was fought over three ...more

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Operation Bagration Baltic states - Operation Bagration was the codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation during World War II, which cleared German forces from the Belorussian SSR and eastern Poland ...more

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Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive Right-bank Ukraine, Ukraine - The Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, also known in Soviet historical sources as the liberation of right-bank Ukraine, fought from 24 December 1943 – 14 April 1944, was a strategic offensive ...more

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Eastern Front Europe - The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland and other allies, which encompassed ...more

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Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket Ternopil, Ukraine - The Battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket was a Soviet effort to surround and destroy the Wehrmacht's 1st Panzer Army of Army Group South. The envelopment occurred in March, 1944 on the Eastern ...more

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Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket Cherkasy, Ukraine - The Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive led to the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkasy Pocket which took place from 24 January to 16 February 1944. The offensive was part of the Dnieper–Carpathian ...more

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Operation Barbarossa European Russia - Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, commencing on 22 June 1941. Over the course of the operation, about four million ...more

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Case Blue Soviet Union - Case Blue, later renamed Operation Braunschweig, was the German Armed Forces' name for its plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942. ...more

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Operation Mars Moscow Oblast, Russia - Operation Mars was the codename for the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive Operation launched by Soviet forces against German forces during World War II. It took place between 25 November and 20 ...more

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Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda Saint Petersburg, Russia - Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda was an operation conducted by the Soviet Leningrad, Volkhov and Northwestern Fronts in February and March 1943. The operation was planned by Georgy Zhukov in the wake ...more

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Operation Solstice Province of Pomerania - Operation Solstice, also known as Unternehmen Husarenritt or the "Stargard tank battle", was one of the last German armoured offensive operations on the Eastern Front in World War II. ...more

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Operation Uranus Volgograd, Russia - Operation Uranus was the codename of the Soviet 19–23 November 1942 strategic operation in World War II which led to the encirclement of the German Sixth Army, the Third and Fourth Romanian ...more

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Pacific War Pacific Ocean - The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War, was the theatre of World War II which was fought in the Pacific and East Asia. It was fought over a vast area which included the Pacific ...more

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Race to Berlin Germany - The Race to Berlin refers primarily to the competition between two Soviet Marshals to be the first to enter Berlin during the final months of World War II. In early 1945, with Germany's defeat ...more

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Romanian Armies in the Battle of Stalingrad Volgograd, Russia - Two Romanian armies, the Third and the Fourth, were involved in the Battle of Stalingrad, helping to protect the northern and southern flanks respectively of the German 6th Army as it tried to ...more

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Siege of Leningrad Saint Petersburg, Russia - The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation undertaken by the German Army Group North against Leningrad—historically and currently known as ...more

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Vistula–Oder Offensive Oder - The Vistula–Oder Offensive was a successful Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European Theatre of World War II. It took place between 12 January and 2 February 1945. The offensive ...more

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Yelnya Offensive Yelnya, Yelninsky District, Smolensk Oblast - The Soviet Army's Yelnya Offensive operation was part of the Battle of Smolensk during the initial period of the German-Soviet War. The offensive was against the semi-circular Yelnya salient ...more

1 Battle in Berlin Berlin, Germany - The battle in Berlin was an end phase of the Battle of Berlin. While the Battle of Berlin encompassed the attack by three Soviet Army Groups to capture not only Berlin but the territory of ...more

2 Battle of Berlin Berlin, Germany - The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II. Starting on 12 January 1945, ...more

3 Battles of Khalkhin Gol Khalkhyn Gol - The Battles of Khalkhyn Gol constituted the decisive engagement of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts fought among the Soviet Union, Mongolia and the Empire of Japan in 1939. The ...more

4 Battle of Kursk Kursk, Russia - The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union during July and August 1943. The German offensive was ...more

5 Battle of Moscow Moscow, Russia - The Battle of Moscow is the name given by Soviet historians to two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place ...more

6 Battle of Smolensk Smolensk, Russia - The First Battle of Smolensk was the first major battle during Operation Barbarossa in World War II that significantly delayed the advance of Hitler's Wehrmacht in the USSR. It took place in the ...more

7 Battle of Stalingrad Volgograd, Russia - The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern ...more

8 Battle of the Seelow Heights Seelow, Germany - The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation, one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions of World War II. It was fought over three ...more

9 Operation Bagration Baltic states - Operation Bagration was the codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation during World War II, which cleared German forces from the Belorussian SSR and eastern Poland ...more

10 Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive Right-bank Ukraine, Ukraine - The Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, also known in Soviet historical sources as the liberation of right-bank Ukraine, fought from 24 December 1943 – 14 April 1944, was a strategic offensive ...more

11 Eastern Front Europe - The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland and other allies, which encompassed ...more

12 Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket Ternopil, Ukraine - The Battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket was a Soviet effort to surround and destroy the Wehrmacht's 1st Panzer Army of Army Group South. The envelopment occurred in March, 1944 on the Eastern ...more

13 Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket Cherkasy, Ukraine - The Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive led to the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkasy Pocket which took place from 24 January to 16 February 1944. The offensive was part of the Dnieper–Carpathian ...more

14 Operation Barbarossa European Russia - Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, commencing on 22 June 1941. Over the course of the operation, about four million ...more

15 Case Blue Soviet Union - Case Blue, later renamed Operation Braunschweig, was the German Armed Forces' name for its plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942. ...more

16 Operation Mars Moscow Oblast, Russia - Operation Mars was the codename for the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive Operation launched by Soviet forces against German forces during World War II. It took place between 25 November and 20 ...more

17 Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda Saint Petersburg, Russia - Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda was an operation conducted by the Soviet Leningrad, Volkhov and Northwestern Fronts in February and March 1943. The operation was planned by Georgy Zhukov in the wake ...more

18 Operation Solstice Province of Pomerania - Operation Solstice, also known as Unternehmen Husarenritt or the "Stargard tank battle", was one of the last German armoured offensive operations on the Eastern Front in World War II. ...more

19 Operation Uranus Volgograd, Russia - Operation Uranus was the codename of the Soviet 19–23 November 1942 strategic operation in World War II which led to the encirclement of the German Sixth Army, the Third and Fourth Romanian ...more

20 Pacific War Pacific Ocean - The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War, was the theatre of World War II which was fought in the Pacific and East Asia. It was fought over a vast area which included the Pacific ...more

21 Race to Berlin Germany - The Race to Berlin refers primarily to the competition between two Soviet Marshals to be the first to enter Berlin during the final months of World War II. In early 1945, with Germany's defeat ...more

22 Romanian Armies in the Battle of Stalingrad Volgograd, Russia - Two Romanian armies, the Third and the Fourth, were involved in the Battle of Stalingrad, helping to protect the northern and southern flanks respectively of the German 6th Army as it tried to ...more

23 Siege of Leningrad Saint Petersburg, Russia - The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation undertaken by the German Army Group North against Leningrad—historically and currently known as ...more

24 Vistula–Oder Offensive Oder - The Vistula–Oder Offensive was a successful Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European Theatre of World War II. It took place between 12 January and 2 February 1945. The offensive ...more

25 Yelnya Offensive Yelnya, Yelninsky District, Smolensk Oblast - The Soviet Army's Yelnya Offensive operation was part of the Battle of Smolensk during the initial period of the German-Soviet War. The offensive was against the semi-circular Yelnya salient ...more