Word: zhukov
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Zhukov was in position for the thrust. He had driven across the Oder, had chosen the roads and flat fields from Küstrin, Frankfurt and Fürstenberg (see map) over which to hurtle his huge Stalin tanks. He had the power: the Oder crossings and envelopment of his three chosen points proved that his 275-mile advance had not exhausted its momentum...
...Zhukov paused, to strengthen his grip. Perhaps there was no great danger, but there was still some danger in attempting a quick blow against Berlin. Zhukov well knew what the Germans knew too well: that a sprawling city becomes a fortress, that an attacking force risks being pinched into its ruins by flank attacks. That was what Zhukov had done to the Germans at Stalingrad...
...Germans could guess again-what was Zhukov's immediate plan? Would he turn Konev's pressure northward against Berlin? Or, would he turn most of it westward against Saxony's industries...
Nazi Futility. The Germans could guess again-what was Zhukov's master plan? Would he try to maneuver the Wehrmacht into a showdown battle to save the capital? Or was he aiming at Berlin's encirclement or seizure as a swift, possibly decisive stroke...
...earlier weeks of the Red offensive's swift movement, the seeming futility of the German position. The Russians had paused to regroup and restart. They were in vulnerable positions, but there had been no German counterattacks worthy of the name. The week had made it clear that Zhukov could call his shots on any front in his own good time...