The [[Battle of Stalingrad]] was the turning point in [[World War II]]. It was a decisive Soviet victory, as Zhukov's Don/Stalingrad front (mainly 62nd Army) crushed [[Wehtmacht]] [[Gen. Friedrich von Paulus]]'s 6th Army. Germany suffered casualties that were simply irreplaceable.
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Zhukov's forces defeated the Germans at [[Stalingrad]] in 1943 and next lifted the [[Siege of Leningrad]] in 1944. He led the final attack on [[Germany]] and the ultimate capture of [[Berlin]] in 1945. A hero, after the [[war]] he commanded the Soviet zone in occupied Germany.
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==Siege of Leningrad]]
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Zhukov's forces lifted the [[Siege of Leningrad]] in 1944.
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==Battle of Berlin==
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Zhukov led the final attack on [[Germany]] and the ultimate capture of [[Berlin]] in 1945. A hero, after the [[war]] he commanded the Soviet zone in occupied Germany.