During the Soviet-German War of World War II, Stalin established a powerful Soviet army in order to defeat Nazi Germany and save himself. The army alone has many armies, such as four in Ukraine, three in Belarus and so on. So who is the strongest in these fields? Of course, the strongest must also be used in the blade. 1945, the Soviet strategic counterattack also came to an end. After recovering the territories occupied by Nazi Germany one by one, they are ready to attack Germany and March on the capital Berlin.
In order to win the final victory as soon as possible, Stalin planned to send three strongest frontline troops to participate in the battle against Berlin. They are the First and Second Army of Belarus and the First Army of Ukraine. The total strength of the three armed forces reached 2.5 million. These three armies were definitely the best in the Soviet army at that time. Their commanders are collectively referred to as the Soviet troika.
The first place, of course, is zhukov, commander of the First Belarusian Army. Zhukov is definitely Stalin's trump card. When Leningrad was in crisis, Stalin was transferred to zhukov for emergency command, and the result was victory. Moscow was in an emergency, Stalin came to zhukov in an emergency, and the result was victory again. Later, when Stalingrad was in crisis, Stalin still thought of zhukov, although zhukov was only a general at that time. 1943, zhukov was promoted to the rank of Marshal. Of course, the Soviet hero's counterattack against Berlin is indispensable.
In Stalin's view, zhukov will play a leading role in this final war. When Stalin was talking to zhukov Station alone, Stalin asked: When can we start? Zhukov replied: The first Belarusian army can start attacking in two weeks at the latest, and the first Ukrainian army is ready. The Second Army of Belarus may be slower.
As zhukov said, the Battle of Berlin started. In addition to the Belarusian First Army in zhukov, there is also the Ukrainian First Army under the command of Marshal konev. Konev was one year younger than zhukov and one year later than zhukov was awarded the rank of Marshal. Objectively speaking, konev is inferior to zhukov. When he was the commander of the Western Front Army, he made at least 300,000 Soviet troops become German prisoners, which was one of the biggest defeats of the Soviet Union in the Soviet-German War. However, konev has come out of the shadow of failure.
Konev could do anything to counterattack Berlin. He commanded the powerful Ukrainian First Army to keep pace with zhukov's troops, successfully joined forces in Berlin, and finally occupied the German Reichstag with zhukov's troops. The two Soviet marshals, both the best fighters in the Soviet Union, had similar fates after the victory of World War II. They all served as defense ministers of the Soviet Union, and konev also served as commander-in-chief of the army, but they were soon suppressed by Stalin. Konev died in 1973 and zhukov died in 1974.
Rokossovsky, the last commander of the Second Belarusian Army. Unlike zhukov and konev, rokossovsky is Polish. He is a Polish-Russian hybrid. It is not easy for a Polish to be a marshal of the Soviet Union.
1944 rokossovsky was promoted to marshal of the Soviet union. His army also took part in the counterattack against Berlin. After the war, rokossovsky returned to Poland, served as the Minister of National Defense, and was awarded the Polish Marshal. He not only has dual nationality, but also is a marshal of both countries. Rokossovsky died in 1968.