The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Zhukov, Georgii Konstantinovich
Marshal of Soviet Union
* 2nd of December 1896
† 18th of June 1974
(Георгий Константинович Жуков)
Promotions
| 1935-11-26 | Kombrig |
| 1938-02-22 | Komdiv |
| 1939-07-31 | Komkor |
| 1940-06-04 | Army General |
| 1943-01-18 | Marshal of Soviet Union |
Service
| 1923-07-XX | – | 1930-04-XX | Commanding Officer 39th Cavalry Regiment |
| 1930-04-XX | – | 1931-03-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Brigade |
| 1931-03-XX | – | 1933-03-XX | Assistant Inspector of Cavalry |
| 1933-03-XX | – | 1937-07-XX | Commanding Officer 4th Cavalry Division |
| 1937-07-XX | – | 1938-02-XX | Commanding Officer III Cavalry Corps |
| 1938-02-XX | – | 1938-07-XX | Commanding Officer VI Cavalry Corps |
| 1938-07-XX | – | 1939-06-01 | Deputy Commander in Chief Belorussian Special Military District |
| 1939-06-06 | – | 1939-XX-XX | Commanding Officer LVII Special Rifle Corps |
| 1939-XX-XX | – | 1940-04-XX | Commander in Chief Soviet-Mongolian Forces Group of Forces |
| 1940-04-XX | – | 1940-06-XX | At disposal of the People's Commissar of Defence |
| 1940-06-07 | – | 1941-01-14 | Commander in Chief Kiev Special Military District |
| 1940-06-XX | – | 1940-07-XX | Commander in Chief Southern Front |
| 1940-07-24 | – | 1941-06-23 | Member of the Supreme Military Council of the Red Army |
| 1941-01-14 | – | 1941-07-30 | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1941-02-01 | – | 1941-07-30 | Deputy People’s Commissar of Defence |
| 1941-06-23 | – | 1941-07-10 | Member of the High Command |
| 1941-07-10 | – | 1941-08-08 | Member of the High Command 20.07.41-12.09.41: Commander in Chief Reserve Front |
| 1941-08-08 | – | 1945-XX-XX | Deputy Chairman of the High Command |
| 1941-09-13 | – | 1941-10-10 | Commander in Chief Leningrad Front |
| 1941-10-08 | – | 1941-10-12 | Commander in Chief Reserve Front |
| 1941-10-13 | – | 1942-08-26 | Commander in Chief Western Front |
| 1942-02-01 | – | 1942-05-05 | Commander in Chief Western Theatre |
| 1942-08-26 | – | 1945-XX-XX | Deputy Commander in Chief Soviet Armed Forces |
| 1942-08-27 | – | 1943-XX-XX | First Deputy People’s Commissar of Defence |
| 1944-03-02 | – | 1944-05-24 | Commander in Chief 1st Ukrainian Front |
| 1944-11-16 | – | 1945-06-10 | Commander in Chief 1st Belorussian Front |
| 1945-06-11 | – | 1946-03-20 | Commander in Chief Soviet Group of Forces in Germany |
| 1946-03-21 | – | 1946-06-03 | Commander in Chief of Ground Forces |
| 1946-03-21 | – | 1946-06-03 | Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces |
| 1946-06-03 | – | 1948-02-10 | Commander in Chief Odessa Military District |
| 1948-02-12 | – | 1953-03-15 | Commander in Chief Ural Military District |
| 1953-03-15 | – | 1955-02-08 | First Deputy Minister of Defence |
| 1955-02-09 | – | 1957-10-26 | Minister of Defence |
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger