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[img]http://www.funet.fi/pub/culture/russian/images/zhukov.jpg[/img] Zhukov was the main reason y russia didnt lose the war. He was the highest ranking general in the soviet army besides Stalin himself. In 1942-43. Zhukov lead a brilliant counter strike which encircled the german troops that had attacked stalingrad. The battle itself lasted about 200 days. Of the 500k germans that began the battle, only about 92k were captured alive. Many died from battle, but many died from starvation and disease as well. 100k roamnians, and 87k italians died in the counter offensive. Soviet Casualties numbered close to a million, during the course of the entire battle. In this battle alone, the germans lost approximately a quarter of their manpower, and after this they were in full retreat.