- He is referred to, by name, in Churchill's V-E Day speech, 8 May 1945.
- A highly controversial figure, Zhukov was accused of greatly exaggerating his role in World War II, as well as deliberately sacrificing large numbers of his own troops. The excessive casualties suffered by the Red Army under his command would not have been tolerated by the Western democracies.
- He took part in drawing up the "Strategic plan for deployment of the forces of the Soviet Union in the event of war with Germany and its allies" in February 1941.
- Minister of defence of the USSR (1955-1957).
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