Editing Georgy Zhukov (section)

=== Soviet occupation zone ===
[[File:Allies at the Brandenburg Gate, 1945.jpg|thumb|From left to right: [[Vasily Sokolovsky|Sokolovsky]], Zhukov, [[Bernard Montgomery|Montgomery]] and [[Konstantin Rokossovsky|Rokossovsky]] at the [[Brandenburg Gate]]]]
After the German capitulation, Zhukov became the first commander of the [[Soviet occupation zone in Germany]]. On 10 June 1945, he returned to Moscow to prepare for the [[1945 Moscow Victory Parade]]. On 24 June, Stalin appointed him commander in chief of the parade. After the ceremony, on the night of 24 June, Zhukov went to Berlin to resume his command.{{sfn|Shtemenko|1989|pp=566–569}}

In May 1945, Zhukov signed three resolutions to improve living standards in the Soviet occupation zone:
* 11 May: resolution 063 – provision of food
* 12 May: resolution 064 – restoration of the public services sector
* 13 May: resolution 080 – provision of milk supplies for children

Zhukov requested the Soviet government to transport urgently to Berlin 96,000&nbsp;tons of grain, 60,000&nbsp;tons of potatoes, 50,000&nbsp;cattle, and thousands of tons of other foodstuffs, such as sugar and animal fat. He issued strict orders that his subordinates were to "hate Nazism but respect the German people,"<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tibbetts|first=Jann|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lsHLDAAAQBAJ&q=georgy+zhukov+%22hate+Nazism+but+respect+the+German+people,&pg=PT382|title=50 Great Military Leaders of All Time|date=2016|publisher=Vij Books India |isbn=978-93-85505-66-9|language=en}}</ref> and to make all possible efforts to restore and maintain a stable living standard for the German population.<ref>Grigori Deborin (1958). [http://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/D/DEBORIN_Grigoriy_Abramovich/_Deborin_G.A..html Вторая мировая война. Военно-политический очерк], Moscow: Voenizdat, pp.&nbsp;340–343.</ref>