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When it comes to "World War II", two people will come to mind, one is Zhukov of the Soviet Union and the other is Patton of the United States.
All of them are the best among the people in the situation, with different fates but able to fight well. They can be said to be the most distinctive warriors in World War II. Of course, there are also Rommel and Yamamoto fifty-six, but only they are more qualified to surface and discuss in the frontal waters. In fact, I know that Patton, the "Iron-blooded General", heard from the people who participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in 1979. Before they joined the war, they released a dubbed version of the in-house movie "General Patton" (1970) in order to boost morale, saying It is very beautiful. It was also in the late 1980s that I saw this movie.
The name Zhukov came into his ears in the early 1980s. Later, in 1988, he watched the movie "Battle of Moscow" (1985). What impressed him the most was that the German army sent airborne special forces to attack his headquarters. Watching the map while drawing a pistol, it's really super quiet. The most impressive thing in "General Patton" was the party where the Soviet and American armies joined forces in Berlin. On one side was Zhukov's Soviet military and the other was Patton's American military. The protagonist of the party was of course the Soviet happy dance performance. The ugly Zhukov gushed something into his mouth, as if to provoke the disdainful Patton. Patton stood up and scolded Zhukov, who was holding a wine glass, "the young son of the Soviet Union", and Zhukov responded angrily with "the young son of the United States", so the two laughed.
But their fates were not the same when they returned home. Zhukov wanted to report to Stalin and returned home, but he became the president of the military academy, which was similar to Marshal Liu Bocheng a few years later, but poor Patton lost his military post and died in a car accident. I often think that if these two people really fight in Germany, the possibility is that they will meet an opponent and a good talent. If it is as Patton said, I can reach Moscow by giving me the Three Corps, not necessarily his fate will be much better than Hitler's. Even if you are really good at fighting Patton, as long as you fight in the Soviet Union, no matter who you are will suffer. This is proved by history, and it is also the fate of the invaders.
But what I have to say is that the characters of these two people are too distinct - Patton is violent, brave and capable, and he has a lot of research on human history, philosophy and poetry, and he has exported chapters. Blocked, so that they were repeatedly excluded and suppressed.
A military strategist who doesn't understand politics can only be a victim of politics. Zhukov is calm and knows the dangers of politics. He also knows that Su and Mei are two superpowers. In any case, they can't have a head-on conflict. They can only compete in secret. , he was careful to stay away from Stalin and well avoided the "Great Purge" of the 1930s. If you don't die, there will be blessings. At the most urgent point of Stalin, he stood up.
The times create heroes. He successively made extraordinary achievements in the defense of Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad until he hit Berlin. As soon as the war ended, he served as Minister of Defense, helped Khrushchev but was not tolerated by him, and finally stepped off the stage of history. After all, his quiet temperament helped him. Although he suffered injustice, he was able to enjoy a peaceful old age after all. His best friend was actually his ally Eisenhower, probably because of the similarities in temperament and heroes.
Zhukov and Patton seem to have a kind of dramatic element by nature, although no one agrees with the other. Now that I think about it, if these two people can join forces in Berlin, neither of them will be able to enter, nor will anyone back down. It can be said that there is sympathy between heroes. It's just that the direction is different, and the destiny is also different, leaving a lot of endless interpretation space and confusion for future generations. In short, as long as World War II is mentioned, it is impossible not to think of these two people, because they were the incarnations of the Soviet Union and the United States at that time, which is embarrassing.
2005.5.17
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