Original sentence: These clashes convinced some factions in the Japanese government that they should focus on conciliating the Soviet government to avoid interference in the war against China and instead turn their military attention southward, towards the US and European holdings in the Pacific, and also prevented the sacking of experienced Soviet military leaders such as Georgy Zhukov, who would later play a vital role in the defence of Moscow
Edited sentence: The extent and strategic importance of the victory that checked the Japanese empire brought vast acclaim for the Soviet commanders, notably for General Georgy Zhukov, who was awarded his first Order of Hero of the Soviet Union and the most significant promotion of his early career as well as significant prominence and recognition by the Soviet command and Joseph Stalin himself: this decisive episode would later allow him to play a vital role in key battles of the Great Patriotic War, namely the defense of Moscow, the battle for Leningrad, the battle of Kursk and the siege of Berlin.These clashes convinced some factions in the Japanese government that they should focus on conciliating the Soviet government to avoid interference in the war against China and instead turn their military attention southward, towards the US and European holdings in the Pacific