Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan da Jamus ta mika wuya, Zhukov ya zama kwamandan farko na yankin da Soviet ta mamaye. A ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1945, ya koma Moscow don shirya
Bikin cin nasara na Moscow na 1945. A ranar 24 ga Yuni, Stalin ya nada shi babban kwamandan fareti. Bayan bikin, a daren 24 ga Yuni, Zhukov ya tafi Berlin don ci gaba da umurninsa.