Title says it all, what would have happened if Georgy Zhukov had become a target of Stalin's paranoia, and was shortly thereafter asssassinated as a result of one of Stalin's many purges of the Soviet Military?
Title says it all, what would have happened if Georgy Zhukov had become a target of Stalin's paranoia, and was shortly thereafter asssassinated as a result of one of Stalin's many purges of the Soviet Military?
Zhukov was a competent general, but I seriously doubt that he was the best. He won a few battles, but lost a few major ones as well.
actually he only lost one big battle.
It depends on when the purge takes place but you would think that if Zhukov was purged I don't think Rokkosovsky, Chuikov and Koniev would have survived that purge.
Another question would be if Zuhukov walked up to Stalin after the Great Victory parade and put two bullets into Stalin's head what would be the outcome??
Zhukov is killed right after doing that.After the death of Stalin, some other Stalinist like Beria replaces him and Stalinist regime continues?
WWII did marvelous job in the ranks of Soviet Army, selecting strong and capable generals and trashing inept ones. It is possible that this rule will not work at very top, but very unlikely. This master of covering his behind will be transferred to some unimportant position real soon.Just because there were other competent generals besides Zhukov doesn't neccessarily mean one of those would replace him. The Red Army might as well end up with a well-connected moron who's good at covering his ass and shifting blame, but nothing else.
Just because there were other competent generals besides Zhukov doesn't neccessarily mean one of those would replace him. The Red Army might as well end up with a well-connected moron who's good at covering his ass and shifting blame, but nothing else.
Bad things for USSR in that case.
Zhukov is killed right after doing that.After the death of Stalin, some other Stalinist like Beria replaces him and Stalinist regime continues?