Zhukov details his humble beginnings as a peasant boy in Czarist Russia and his early military service in the Tsarist cavalry during World War I.
It offers rare insights into the high-level decision-making at the Stavka (Soviet High Command) and his complex, often tense relationship with Joseph Stalin. Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of Genera...
Later editions include restored accounts of the 1953–1957 period, covering his role in Beria's arrest and his eventual demotion by Stalin and later Khrushchev. Significance and Publication History Marshal of Victory - Casemate Publishers US Zhukov details his humble beginnings as a peasant
The text chronicles his decisive roles in virtually every major Soviet operation, including the defense of Moscow , Leningrad, and Stalingrad, as well as the Battle of Kursk and the final capture of Berlin. including the defense of Moscow