Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Georgy Zhukov

Battles of Georgy Zhukov

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)

Georgy Zhukov is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1945: 12 battles and 1 siege across 6 present-day countries, most in Russia (4), Soviet Union (3), Ukraine (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 11,348 km apart end to end, 946 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (11), Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1).

Battles of Khalkhin GolBattle of BryanskBattles of RzhevBattle of RzhevBattle of the DnieperBattle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketBattle of the Oder–NeisseBattle of the Seelow HeightsBattle of MoscowSiege of LeningradBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of BerlinBattle of MoscowSiege of LeningradBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of BerlinTehranBaghdadChengduÜrümqiKabulAthensKyivViennaTashkentStockholm2000 km53.213N, 65.983E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 1 engagements1941: 3 engagements3 in 19411942: 3 engagements3 in 19421943: 2 engagements1944: 1 engagements1945: 3 engagements3 in 194519391945
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battles of Khalkhin Gol, 1939Battle of Moscow, 1941Siege of Leningrad, 1941Battle of Bryansk, 1941Battles of Rzhev, 1942Battle of Rzhev, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Battle of the Dnieper, 1943Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, 1944Battle of the Oder–Neisse, 1945Battle of Berlin, 1945Battle of the Seelow Heights, 194519391945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
11 May 1939Battles of Khalkhin GolKhalkhyn River, MongoliaSoviet–Mongolian victory
the 1941sBattle of MoscowMoscow Oblast, Soviet Union5,320 km NWSoviet victory
8 September 1941Siege of LeningradSaint Petersburg, Soviet Union634 km NWSoviet victory
1941Battle of BryanskRussia783 km SGerman victory
1942Battles of RzhevRussia336 km NInconclusive
1942Battle of RzhevTver Oblast, Russia100 km NGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia1,148 km SESoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union685 km NWSoviet victory
1943Battle of the DnieperUkraine642 km SWSoviet victory
24 January 1944Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketCherkasy, Ukraine334 km NSoviet victory
April 1945Battle of the Oder–NeisseOder–Neisse line, Poland1,226 km NWSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of BerlinBerlin, Germany71 km WSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of the Seelow HeightsSeelow, Germany69 km ESoviet victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.