During World War II, the Soviet Union gave birth to many famous generals, even more than Germany, and in the territory of the Soviet Union, in addition to Russia, Ukraine was the most famous. In the Soviet Union's military rank system, the rank of marshal is the highest, followed by the Marshal of the Soviet Union, there is only one Grand Marshal of the Soviet Union, that is, Stalin, and there are 40 Marshals of the Soviet Union; but of these 40 Soviet Marshals, 9 are Ukrainians, accounting for almost one-third.
TOP, 1 Timoshenko
Born in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine, Timoshenko joined the army at the age of 20, rose rapidly because of his bravery and strategy, and later commanded the Ukrainian Front to march into Poland, occupied Western Ukraine, and commanded the Northwest Front to break through the Mannerheim Line during the Soviet-Finnish War and was promoted to marshal. During the Soviet-German War, Timoshenko's contribution was no less than Zhukov's, and he participated in the command of the Battle of Minsk, the Battle of Smolensk, the Battle of Stalingrad, etc., and later as a representative of the headquarters of the Supreme Command, coordinated the combat operations of several fronts and organized many major battles.
TOP, 2 Kulik
Born in the Poltava Oblast of Ukraine, Kulik is considered by many to be the most "straw bale" field marshal, because his achievements during the Soviet-German War were really dismal, which led to his ups and downs in rank during the Soviet-German War, especially after the Battle of Crimea. But in fact, Kulik still had some achievements, before the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, he showed heroism and fearlessness in many wars, was wounded five times, was known as the king of Tsaritsin gunnery, and during his tenure as minister of ordnance, developed a large number of weapons such as Katyusha rockets.
TOP, 3 Konev
Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Konev spent his life on horseback, made great military achievements, and was one of the field troikas of the Soviet Army, known as Zhukov and Rokossovsky, good at infantry and artillery coordination, able to combine powerful artillery firepower and infantry at high speed to attack unexpectedly perfectly, and had an extremely keen war intuition, once in the spring offensive, the German generals Manstein and Kleist "sent home", and then burst into Berlin and annihilated the German Army Group Center.
TOP, 4 Malinovsky
Malinovsky was Jewish, but he was born in the Odessa Oblast of Ukraine, and during the Soviet-German War he was Timoshenko's most trusted and powerful subordinate; it can be said that he participated in almost all the battles commanded by Timoshenko, such as the Battle of Kharkov, the Battle of Stalingrad, and the Battle of Iasi-Kishinev, etc., and Malinovsky also grew up rapidly in these battles, and was promoted to marshal in 1944 with Konev and others, and later served as soviet defense minister.
TOP, 5 Yeliamenaceae
Born in the town of Markovka (present-day Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine), Yelemenko was a cavalry man with a rough and eloquent personality, who was directly responsible for the Soviet defeat in Kiev in the early days of World War II, and was later demoted to the post of Bryansk. However, his classmates seemed to have a very good relationship, and in his crisis, his old classmates spared no effort to help him, which made him rise rapidly in the middle and late period, especially the Battle of Stalingrad. In fact, Yeliamenko was a man with obvious advantages and disadvantages, he had an unusually tenacious style and strong organizational skills, but he lacked strategy and needed the assistance of a brilliant staff officer.
TOP, 6 Bardytsky
Babditsky was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, joined the army at the age of 15, and successively studied at the Ukrainian Military Preparatory School, the Cavalry School, the Frunze Military Academy and the General Staff Military Academy, which shows that Bardytsky's military talent is extremely high. Before the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, he served as platoon commander, cavalry company commander, associate officer of the Special Affairs of the General Staff, chief of staff of the motorized brigade, and chief of staff of the division; during the Soviet-German War, Bardytsky showed himself as a competent organizer of contract battles, and thus made great achievements, especially in the Belarusian Campaign and the attack on Berlin, and later became the head of the Soviet air defense army.
TOP, 7 Koshevoy
Born near Kirovgrad, Ukraine, Koshevoy joined the army at the age of 17, successively served as a cavalry platoon leader and cavalry company commander, studied at the Budyonny Cavalry School and the Frunze Military Academy; during the Soviet-German War, he served as commander of the 24th Guards Infantry Division, commander of the 63rd Infantry Army, commander of the 71st Infantry Corps, etc., and won the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for his outstanding service in the liberation of Sevastopol, and then won the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for his outstanding performance in the Battle of Königsberg, and was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1968.
TOP, 8 Brezhnev
Brezhnev was born in Dnitoperzhinsk, Ukraine, but Brezhnev served more locally and as a political commissar in the military, and was the director of the political department of the 4th Ukrainian Front army during World War II; although Brezhnev did not show any military talent, he was still promoted to marshal of the Soviet Union, but more because he became the supreme leader of the Soviet Union; during his reign in the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union's military strength was greatly enhanced, and the number of nuclear weapons exceeded that of the United States. Made the Soviet Union a historic military superpower.
TOP, 9 Sokolov
Sokolov was born in the Crimean Oblast of Ukraine, was recommended to enlist in the Gorky Armored Corps School, after graduation was assigned to the 29th Infantry Division of the Siberian Military District as a platoon leader; during the Soviet-German War, Sokolov successively served as the chief of staff of the Tank Regiment of the Western Front, the chief of staff of the Bureau of Armored Mechanized Forces of the Western Front, the commander of the Armored Tanks and Mechanized Corps of the 32nd Army of the Western Front, during which Time Sokolov showed bravery and was appreciated for his superb talent in commanding tank troops. He was promoted to marshal in 1978.
During the Soviet-German war, Ukraine as one of the most tragic areas of the war, and other factors influenced and emerged a lot of outstanding military talents, in addition to the above 9 famous generals promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union, in many important positions such as the head of the service, the marshal of the service and the general, there were also many famous generals born in Ukraine; these famous generals and countless ordinary soldiers who did not leave their names, fought bravely on the battlefield to kill the enemy and defend the country, and only then did they win the Soviet-German war.