You make fair points my friend.
As a survivor of the 1937 Purges, I’d have to suggest Zhukov had at least a reasonable grasp of the subject of tactics, if not of grand strategy.
Yes, a lot of Soviet tactics at the time, was to overwhelm with numbers.
However, my understanding is that Zhukov had a better grasp of tactics (as the West understood the term) than most of his contemporaries.
From My reading, a near rival might be Rossokovskiy, though I do have questions there.
In general, while the Russian soldiery was reasonably capable and certainly courageous, I do feel their generals did not always direct them well.
How much of that is due to political considerations, as opposed to any putative lack of skills is a point I have long pondered.
