George Zhukov. Marshal of victory. Isaev A.

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896-1974) forever entered the history of our country as a marshal of victory. He was the best commander of the Red Army, and his contribution to the defeat of the Third Reich cannot be overestimated. Harmful of the highest honor - to accept the Victory Parade, - Marshal Zhukov proclaimed: “Raising the sword against us, the Germans found death from our sword. The Patriotic War has been completed. The victory was won, what history has not yet known! ”

This richly illustrated book of the leading military historian, based not on common myths and quotes from“ Memories and thoughts ”, but on operational documents signed by Zhukov himself, reveals a genuine The role of the main "crisis manager" of the Red Army, which was always thrown to the most difficult and dangerous section of the front, and its invaluable contribution to our victory. Based on Russian and German archival documents, the author exposes the widespread myths about the race to Berlin, the Blood Battle of Zeelovskoye Heights, positional battles near Moscow and Rzhev, the activities of Zhukov as the chief of the General Staff in the last pre -war months and the first weeks of the Great Patriotic War. << /p>

the publication is illustrated by many exclusive photographs, including from the personal archive of the Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukova.