born December 1 [November 19, Old Style], 1896, Kaluga province, Russia—died June 18, 1974, Moscow), marshal of the Soviet Union, the most important Soviet military commander during World War II.
Having been conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, Zhukov joined the Red Army in 1918, served as a cavalry commander during the Russian Civil War, and afterward studied military science at the Frunze Military Academy (graduated 1931) as well as in Germany. He rose steadily through the ranks, and as head of Soviet forces in the Manchurian border region he directed a successful counteroffensive against Japanese forces there in 1939.
During the Winter War, which the Soviet Union fought against Finland at the outset of World War II, Zhukov served as chief of staff of the Soviet army. He was then transferred to command the Kiev military district and in January 1941 was appointed chief of staff of the Red Army. After the Germans invaded the Soviet Union (June 1941), he organized the defense of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and was then appointed commander in chief of the western front. He directed the defense of Moscow (autumn 1941) as well as the massive counteroffensive (December 1941) that drove the Germans’ Army Group Centre back from central Russia.
In August 1942 Zhukov was named deputy commissar of defense and first deputy commander in chief of Soviet armed forces. He became the chief member of Joseph Stalin’s personal supreme headquarters and figured prominently in the planning or execution of almost every major engagement in the war. He oversaw the defense of Stalingrad (late 1942) and planned and directed the counteroffensive that encircled the Germans’ Sixth Army in that city (January 1943). He was named a marshal of the Soviet Union soon afterward. Zhukov was heavily involved in the Battle of Kursk (July 1943) and directed the Soviet sweep across Ukraine in the winter and spring of 1944. He commanded the Soviet offensive through Belorussia (summer-autumn 1944), which resulted in the collapse of the Germans’ Army Group Centre and of German occupation of Poland and Czechoslovakia. In April 1945 he personally commanded the final assault on Berlin and then remained in Germany as commander of the Soviet occupation force. On May 8, 1945, he represented the Soviet Union at Germany’s formal surrender. He then served as the Soviet representative on the Allied Control Commission for Germany.
Upon Zhukov’s return to Moscow in 1946, Stalin assigned him to a series of relatively obscure regional commands. Only after Stalin died (March 1953) did the new political leaders, wishing to secure the support of the army, appoint Zhukov a deputy minister of defense (1953). He subsequently supported Nikita Khrushchev against the chairman of the Council of Ministers, Georgy Malenkov, who favoured a reduction in military expenditures. When Khrushchev forced Malenkov to resign and replaced him with Nikolay Bulganin (February 1955), Zhukov succeeded Bulganin as minister of defense; at that time he was also elected an alternate member of the Presidium.
Zhukov then undertook programs to improve the professional calibre of the armed forces. Because this effort involved a reduction in the role of the party’s political advisers and, consequently, in the party’s control of the army, his policies brought him into conflict with Khrushchev. Nevertheless, when a majority of the Presidium (called the “anti-party” group) tried to oust Khrushchev, Zhukov provided the airplanes that transported members of the Central Committee from distant regions of the country to Moscow, thus shifting the political balance in Khrushchev’s favour (June 1957). As a consequence, Zhukov was promoted to full membership in the Presidium (July 1957). But Khrushchev could not tolerate the marshal’s persistent efforts to make the army more autonomous; as a result, on October 26, 1957, Zhukov was formally dismissed as minister of defense and a week later was removed from his party posts. Remaining in relative obscurity until Khrushchev fell from power (October 1964), Zhukov was later awarded the Order of Lenin (1966) and allowed to publish his autobiography in 1969.
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Sometimes I just want to eat like 10 peanut butter sandwiches and nothing else the entire day.
If peanut butter had complete nutrition, it would be the only thing I'd ever eat. I love the stuff. To me, the best part of my day is my peanut butter oatmeal. I have eaten it for breakfast for the past 7 months and I will never eat anything else for breakfast again.
Do you like smooth or chunky peanut butter??
I already answered this in the last megathread.
Chunky peanut butter contains peanuts. Peanuts are 100% peanut by volume, even good natural peanut butter is only like 90% peanut. If you get smooth then you are paying the same amount for LESS PEANUT. But the bulk smooth is still cheaper than the chunky stuff so I go with that as shithead PMC karens that shop near me aren't picking the superiour option.
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All of my friends roasted me for liking chunky better but it just is more peanuts
Chunky for the added variety in texture. I add it to my cheap mi goreng noodles to make hobo satay.
EDIT: @ElectronNumberSeven@hexbear.net please notice me, I replied to the wrong thing
Do you have a recipe for that??
Um, two standard packets of indomie mi goreng. Extra soy sauce. I use sriracha if I want more hot. Extra fried shallots/onions. (pls visit local asian grocer) Crunchy firm peanut butter (apparently american peanut butter is goopy? that might actually work better). I usually have one forkful.
Why don't you buy your own peanuts and a food processor so you can control exactly how peanutty and shit it is
Because peanut butter made from real peanuts, even if homemade, is significantly more expensive than pre-made stuff.
How the fuck is peanut butter cheaper than bulk unprocessed peanuts tho
I can't afford to buy literal farm's worth of peanuts so the economy of scale doesn't apply as much.
Plus, peanut butter if subsidized somewhat by the government and other local initiatives.
I mean it looks like 10-25Ib allotments of peanuts can be had for 19-22 cents an ounce which is the same as this cheapo peanut butter I'm seeing at walmart. Yeah you'd be spending 35-75 dollars on a big ass box of peanuts and yeah you'd have to roast and process them yourself but then you'd be eating that GOOD SHIT instead of being like "well I guess this creamy shit is okay even if it's only 90% peanut"
alternative idea: you can always buy the shitty smooth peanut butter, process some peanuts into chunks, and then blend it together
Maybe you'd like this gochujang peanut sauce i tried. It's good. I did different shit though because I can't ever just follow a recipe