Georgy Zhukov, Memoirs of Marshal Zhukov (1971), p. 691
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The greatness of heroic victory over Fascist Germany is in the fact that the Soviet Union did not defend the socialist state alone, but that it selflessly fought to defend the internationalist proletarian goal- defeat the bulk of the Nazi armed forces and deliver the peoples of Europe from occupation. The Soviet people have not forgotten other peoples' contribution to the victory over the common enemy. Our army and people remember and value the courage of the Resistance fighters.

— Georgy Zhukov on Soviet Union

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The greatness of heroic victory over Fascist Germany is in the fact that the Soviet Union did not defend the socialist state alone, but that it selflessly fought to defend the internationalist proletarian goal- defeat the bulk of the Nazi armed forces and deliver the peoples of Europe from occupation. The Soviet people have not forgotten other peoples' contribution to the victory over the common enemy. Our army and people remember and value the courage of the Resistance fighters." in the context of "Georgy Zhukov, Memoirs of Marshal Zhukov (1971), p. 691" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Georgy Zhukov

About Georgy Zhukov

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (December 1 O.S. November 19 1896 – June 18, 1974) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He also served as Chief of the General Staff, Minister of Defence, and was a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party (later Politburo). During the Second World War, Zhukov oversaw some of the Red Army's most decisive victories.