I've been goin through a few of the old threads with this question, but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer. Now, assuming Zhukov was purged, what would be the effects on the Soviets:
A) Before Barbarossa
and
B) After Operation Barbarossa starts?
Now I know that there's been a wild debate on Zhukov's preformance, importance to the Soviet war effort and general competence/personality, raging from him being a demi-god-like being of strategy to him being at best a servicable driver of the Soviet steamroller who was only competent at banging his fist on a desk and shouting at the top of his lungs. From what (addmitedly little) I know on the subject, both are hyperbole, so I would like a more comprehensive answer on the question here.