Word: zhukov
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...poured down on 200 unblinking Red Army soldiers as they marched stiff-legged across Moscow's Red Square. It drenched the 1,400-piece military band and the cheering crowds who had braved the weather to see Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossovsky (on a black horse) and Marshal Georgi Zhukov (on a white horse) lead rumbling masses of tanks and motorized artillery in Russia's biggest victory celebration...
...story of a recent conversation between Generals Eisenhower and Zhukov went the rounds of the occupation forces last week...
...Zhukov: "We have some German synthetic oil plants that we captured. . . . We have been unable to get them operating. I understand you have some running. . . . Could some of our experts come over...
...Zhukov: "You mean you do not have to ask your Government...
...Zhukov was astounded and pleased. He was also unable to return the favor...