V. Stalin. With Stalin’s backing, Zhukov went to Germany in the 19203 to attend lecture courses on armor. He was later to clash with his instructors on the civil war battlefields of Spain.

While the German-Soviet alliance was being concluded, Stalin gave Zhukov the green light to launch his offensive and Zhukov struck the Kwantung army at Nomonhan. And the Japanese suffered a ...

Postwar Promotion. Stalin, after the war, shunted aside the triumphant combat soldiers like Zhukov. but Bulganin the policeman-politician-executive rose to Minister of the Armed Forces ...

We were good friends, and we could talk in that fashion.” But Zhukov became ill, later fell from Stalin’s favor, and never made the trip. Was the invitation to Zhukov still open? Said the ...

Iannucci satirized one of the most climactic moments of the Cold War in his darkly comedic satire The Death of Stalin, a star-studded film that features a standout performance by Jason Isaacs.