Atlas of Battles

commander, 25 engagements

Battles of Georgy Zhukov

Battles of Georgy Zhukov

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)

Georgy Zhukov is recorded as a commander at 25 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1945: 18 battles, 1 siege and 6 campaigns across 8 present-day countries, most in Russia (11), Soviet Union (3), Ukraine (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 16,975 km apart end to end, 707 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (24), Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1).

Battle of MoscowLeningrad Strategic DefensiveYelnya OffensiveBattle of BryanskBattles of RzhevBattle of RzhevCase BlueOperation MarsOperation UranusBattle of DemyanskOperation CitadelBattle of the DnieperZhitomir–Berdichev OffensiveBattle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketOperation BagrationVistula–Oder OffensiveOperation SolsticeBattle of the Oder–NeisseBattle of the Seelow HeightsOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of BerlinOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of BerlinKyivViennaStockholmWarsawBudapestPragueHelsinkiKøbenhavnMinskNizhny Novgorod500 km52.436N, 29.464E
25 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 1 engagements1941: 6 engagements6 in 19411942: 5 engagements1943: 6 engagements6 in 19431944: 2 engagements1945: 5 engagements19391945
25 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battles of Khalkhin Gol, 1939Battle of Moscow, 1941Operation Barbarossa, 1941Leningrad Strategic Defensive, 1941Siege of Leningrad, 1941Yelnya Offensive, 1941Battle of Bryansk, 1941Battles of Rzhev, 1942Battle of Rzhev, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Case Blue, 1942Operation Mars, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Operation Uranus, 1943Battle of Demyansk, 1943Operation Citadel, 1943Battle of the Dnieper, 1943Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive, 1943Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, 1944Operation Bagration, 1944Vistula–Oder Offensive, 1945Operation Solstice, 1945Battle of the Oder–Neisse, 1945Battle of Berlin, 1945Battle of the Seelow Heights, 194519391945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
11 May 1939Battles of Khalkhin GolKhalkhyn River, MongoliaSoviet–Mongolian victory
the 1941sBattle of MoscowMoscow Oblast, Soviet Union5,320 km NWSoviet victory
1941Operation BarbarossaUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuania860 km WAxis strategic failure
1941Leningrad Strategic DefensivePskov Oblast, Russia400 km NEGerman victory; Beginning of the Siege of Leningrad
8 September 1941Siege of LeningradSaint Petersburg, Soviet Union297 km NSoviet victory
1941Yelnya OffensiveRussia620 km SSoviet victory
1941Battle of BryanskBryansk, Russia167 km SEGerman victory
1942Battles of RzhevRzhev, Russia336 km NInconclusive
1942Battle of RzhevTver Oblast, Russia100 km NGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia1,148 km SESoviet victory
1942Case BlueRostov-on-Don, Russia395 km SWSoviet victory
1942Operation MarsRzhev, Russia1,071 km NGerman victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union521 km SSoviet victory
1943Operation UranusVolgograd, Russia685 km SESoviet victory
1943Battle of DemyanskDemyansk, Russia1,275 km NWSoviet victory
1943Operation CitadelKursk, Russia699 km SSoviet victory
1943Battle of the DnieperDnieper, Ukraine648 km SWSoviet victory
1943Zhitomir–Berdichev OffensiveUkraine468 km NWSoviet victory
24 January 1944Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketCherkasy, Ukraine202 km ESoviet victory
1944Operation BagrationByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Belarus533 km NSoviet victory
1945Vistula–Oder OffensivePoland704 km WSoviet victory; Liberation of Auschwitz and other Nazi...
1945Operation SolsticeStargard, Poland300 km NWSee aftermath
April 1945Battle of the Oder–NeisseOder–Neisse line, Poland85 km SWSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of BerlinBerlin, Germany71 km WSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of the Seelow HeightsSeelow, Germany69 km ESoviet victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.