Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov Biography and Timeline

Birth of Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov

Birth of Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, son of peasant parents born in Moscow

Communist Party

Appointed Member of Communist Party

Invasion of Russia

Japanese attacks on disputed border areas is renewed between Japanese and Russia

Battle of Khasan

Defeats the Japanese in their attempt to invade Mongolia

Battle of Nomonhan

Attacks the Japanese in what began as a series of border skirmishes in May

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Nomonhan

Russian forces stop their attacks. In 4 days 40,000 Japanese & 27,000 Russian soldiers have been killed

Battle of Nomonhan

Destroys the IJA forces in & around Nomonhan, 45000 Japanese soldiers were killed

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Khalkin-Gol

Defeats a Japanese force at Khalkin-Gol in Manchuria

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Nomonhan

Victory over Japan at Nomonhan means that Russia does not have to fight a 2 front war. After Nomonhan transfers 1700 tanks, 3 cavalry Divs, 15 rifle Divisions & 1500 aircraft

Role range: 1939-1945

Medal

Awarded for expelling the Japanese 6th Army from the Mongolian-Manchurian border

Sixth Army

Awarded for expelling the Japanese 6th Army from the Mongolian-Manchurian border

Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief

Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief

Role range: 1939-1940

Offensive

Distinguishes himself during the offensive in Mongolia against the Japanese 6th Army

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of Northern Front

Replaces Marshal Voroshilov on the Northern Front

Commander of Northern Front

Replaces Marshal Voroshilov on the Northern Front

Role range: 1939-1945

Siege of Leningrad

Takes over the defense of Leningrad

Role range: 1939-1945

Chief of Staff

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Red Army

Chief of Staff

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Red Army

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Invasion of Russia

Zhukov issues a secret directive naming Germany as a probable enemyand instructs frontier regions to make preparations

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Invasion of Russia

Timoshenko & Zhukov co-sign the order to put all forces on alert

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Invasion of Russia

Ordered by Stalin to begin counter-offensve operations

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Invasion of Russia

Sends the Eighth & 15th mechanized corps on the offensive

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Reform of War Policy

Reduces armies to 5 or 6 divisions so they are more mobile & less of an aerial target

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Dismissal

Dismissed by Stalin for adivising that Kiev should be evacuated

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Siege of Leningrad

By the end of the month the Germans give up storming the City & dig in for a siege. Arrives in Leningrad to co-ordinate its defenses

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Siege of Moscow

Ordered by Stalin from Leningrad to create a new western front to defend Moscow

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Western Front

Ordered by Stalin from Leningrad to create a new western front to defend Moscow

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Siege of Moscow

Orders that "there be no further falling back". Orders Rokossovsky to hold the line at Kryukovo with the remants his Sixteenth Army

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Siege of Moscow

1st Shock Army & the Sixteenth Army attack the inner side of the German salient

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1939-1940

Siege of Moscow

Launches an attack of the German inner salient with the Sixteenth Army

Role range: 1939-1945

Deputy Supreme Commander

Appointed Deputy Supreme Commander in Chief

Capture of Berlin

Commands the Russian forces which capture Berlin

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Deputy Supreme Commander

Appointed Deputy Supreme Commander in Chief

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Stalingrad

Leads the attack on the north & south flanks of the Germans

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Battle of Stalingrad

Captures the supply bridge at Kalach

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Battle of Stalingrad

Zhukov begins attacking the German 5th Army & 4th Panzer Army in the rear. The 300,000 force of the German 6th Army is encircled

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Sixth Army

The 300,000 force of the German 6th Army is encircled

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Battle of Stalingrad

Zhukov drives the German forces in the north beyond the Chir & Aksay. Zhukov drives Hoths army back across Kotelnikov

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1946

Deputy Supreme Commander

Appointed Deputy Supreme Commander in Chief by Stalin