I've usually held Zhukov in low esteem because I thought he just sent waves of men at enemy lines to breakthrough. Now this isn't true at all as I've been recently reading some of his military operations which has radically changed my view of him.

However, I've recently started reading some old forums regarding about Zhukov.

Usually, his defense of Leningrad and Moscow is credited to him. His other (major) operations seemed to be debated on how much he was involved.

I've heard that Zhukov had little role in Operation Uranus and in fact Vasilevsky was the main commander who planned and executed. I discovered the source was mainly from Victor Suvorov which last time I heard he was a very controversial historian especially his book 'Ice Breaker' which was constantly criticized by many historians. (Whether Operation Mars was a Zhukov operation or not is something I'll try to figure out later because I believe it's still debated upon.)

Rokossovsky stated in his memoirs that Zhukov's role at Kursk and Bagration was over exaggerated and in fact it was Rokossovsky himself who actually planned the Kursk and Bagration operations which he claimed "that he only arrived just before the battle, made no decisions and left soon afterwards..." Of course it's a memoir and should be taken with a huge grain of salt especially with a rivalry that started to develop between Zhukov and Rokossovsky over the course of the war.

In all I don't really know how involved he was in the major military operations. How involved was Zhukov in these operations and was it major or exaggerated?

u/Georgy_K_Zhukov obviously