; hen a General of the Army, G. K. Zhukov (top photo) planning :

)' defense of Moscow, December, 1941. Photo below, Marshal

—

“Georgy Zhukov belongs to

8alaxy of outstanding Soviet

My leaders. He was born in
Uga Region (central part of
sta) on December 2, .1896, in
Sor peasant family. On finish-
# 2 parish school he was ap-
mNticed to a furrier’s. The
"vy work failed to kill
7 tgy’s desire for knowledge.
#1913 he passed his examina-
"S as an extern student of a
Mar city school.

uring the years of the first
tld war Georgy Zhukov was
"€d up to the.army and saw
‘ttline service. After the Oc-
Yer 1917 Socialist Revolution
Russia he was in the front
ks of the defenders of Soviet
Ner: in 1918 he joined the
,| Army as a volunteer. In
"9 he was accepted as a mem-
“ of the Communist Party. In
a Georgy Zhukov graduated
% the Advanced Cavalry Com-
‘ders’ Courses and in 1925
* Courses for Training Higher
M™manding Personnel.

rom a rank-and-file Red
™yman to Marshal—such was
» Advance in the USSR Arm-
‘Forces. And no-matter what
‘ition he occupied he every-
‘tte displayed his unusual tal-
/; Of organizer and educator.
Yrgy Zhukov persistently and

Posefully trained troops to
"8nd the Soviet country. His

*nt as an army leader was
s‘ady shown in 1939 when he
*cted the organization of the

kov and his wife Galina on his 75th birthday.

I Marshal G. Zhukov
| great army leader

(On the 75th birthday of Marshal Georgy Zhukov)

rout of the Japanese militarists
on Khalkhin-Gol (Mongolia). ;

The great patriotic war of the
Soviet people against Hitler
Germany found Georgy Zhukov
Chief of the General Staff of the
Soviet Army. Shortly afterwards
he was appointed Assistant Su-
preme Commander-in-Chief of
the USSR Armed Forces.

A man of unbending will with
the outstanding talent of an
army leader, Marshal Zhukov
greatly contributed to the vic-
tory over Hitler Germany. He
carried out the assignments of
the Supreme Command (the
highest directing organ of the
USSR Armed Forces) on the

‘most responsible sectors of the

struggle. During the trying days
of defensive battles he always
displayed presence of mind and
courage, directed troops with a
firm hand, skilfully achieving a
turn in the course of events in
favor of the Soviet Army.

Zhukov participated in elabor-

ating and carrying out a number
of major strategic offensive
operations of the Soviet Army
against the German fascist in-
vaders. He was in direct charge
of the Berlin operation. On be-
half of the Soviet government
Marshal Zhukov received the
unconditional capitulation of
fascist Germany.

The Soviet Union highly ap-
praised Georgy Zhukov’s out-
standing services. On his breast
are four Gold Stars of Hero of
the Soviet Union, many of the
country’s orders and medals. He
isa Hero of the Mongolian Peo-
ple’s Republic and has been de-
corated with orders by many
countries.

The fascists first rout

December 5 marked the 30th
anniversary of the beginning of
one of the major events of the
second world war—the rout of
the German fascist troops at

Moscow.

This was in 1941. The Red
Army, the entire Soviet people
had already been waging a grave
defensive war against the nazis
for several months. By the
autumn of 1941 the nazis suc-
ceeded in capturing part of the
Soviet Union’s territory, reach-
ing the distant approaches to
Moscow.

The nazis had concentrated
enormous forces to crush the

Soviet troops defending the capi- _

tal—almost half of all the Ger-
man-fascist forces operating on
the Soviet-German front and
three-quarters of their tank and
motorized divisions.

Carrying out their planned
operation, the nazi troops in
October advanced 230-250 km.
and captured a number of im-
portant inhabited places on the
near approaches to Moscow.

The Communist Party and the.

Soviet government mobilized all
forces to rebuff the enemy. A
state of siege was introduced on
October 19 in Moscow and in
the adjoining districts. Within a
short time Muscovites and the
population of Moscow Region
built defence lines around the
city. Hundreds of kilometres of
anti-tank ditches and scarps as
well as numerous pill boxes
were erected. Barbed wire en-
tanglements and barricades ap-
peared on Moscow streets. Many
thousands of Muscovites joined
the detachments of the people’s
volunteer detachments.

Muscovites digging anti-tank defences on the approaches to their

The Soviet command streng-
thened the defence on the ap-
proaches to the capital and con-
centrated strategic reserves on
the most important directions. _

During those grave days, on
November 7, on the anniversary

edd

city. Photo below: Moscow women, members of the home guard,

winter 1941.

Top photo: Red Army troops counterattack in Moscow’s suburbs.
Below: liberated villagers greeting Soviet soldiers.

of the October Revolution a par-
ade of Red Army troops was
held on Red Square in Moscow.
Infantry men marched in full
battle dress, tanks and artillery
passed through the square, dir-
ectly heading for the front-line
positions.

The defenders of the Soviet
capital showed mass heroism,
they did everything that the-en-
emy should not pass. The exploit
of 25 men headed by company
political officer Vasily Klochov
became widely known. He ad-
dressed his men with the words
“Russia is vast, but there is no
place to retreat—behind us is
Moscow!” In an unequal battle
almost all of them perished. But
they did not allow the fascist
tanks to pass to Moscow.

The enemy was stopped, ex-
hausted and bled white at the
walls of Moscow. On December
5-6 the Soviet troops launched a
resolute counter-offensive in the
course of which the enemy was
thrown back from Moscow by
100-250 km. Dozens of nazi divi-
sions were routed. Thousands of
destroyed or disbanded guns and
mortars, machine guns and lor- ©
ries, hundreds of tanks and
planes cluttered the fields and
roads of Moscow Region.

In January 1942 the Red
Army as a result of the victory
at Moscow developed a general
offensive, liberating from the in-
vaders Moscow Region and part
of the territory of other regions.
Thus the myth of the invincibil-
ity of the German fascist army
was blown to bits.

The Battle of Moscow greatly
influenced the further course of
the second world war as a result
of which the nazi army was
crushed in the spring of 1945.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1971—PAGE 7