Georgi Zhukov(1896-1974)

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.

People say that the allies didn't help us. But it cannot be denied that the Americans sent us materiel without which we could not have formed our reserves or continued the war. The Americans provided vital explosives and gunpowder. And how much steel! Could we really have set up the production of our tanks without American steel? And now they are saying that we had plenty of everything on our own.