The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Nikifor Ignatevich Gerko

Gerko, Nikifor Ignatevich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 1st of January 1902

† 20th of April 1973

(Никифор Игнатьевич Герко)

Promotions

1941-08-12 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-06-21 Colonel
1943-12-15 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1941-03-23 1941-06-24 Commanding Officer 56th Tank Regiment
1941-06-24 1941-08-09 Wounded and hospitalised
1941-08-09 1941-08-23 Commanding Officer 56th Tank Regiment
1941-08-23 1941-11-03 Wounded and hospitalised
1941-11-03 1941-12-21 Convalescing
1941-12-21 1942-05-27 Commanding Officer 9th Reserve Rifle Regiment
1942-05-27 1942-08-XX Commanding Officer 25th Tank Brigade
1942-08-XX 1942-11-XX Hospitalised
1942-11-XX 1944-04-07 Deputy Commanding Officer for Tank Forces, 70th Army
1944-04-07 1944-06-XX Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 70th Army
1944-06-XX Deputy Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 1st Belorussian Front
1947-06-24 1949-03-23 Commanding Officer 12th Guards Tank Division
1949-03-23 1952-12-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Guards Tank Division
1952-12-01 1954-01-29 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1954-01-29 1956-06-01 Senior Military Adviser to the German Democratic Republic
1956-06-01 1956-10-10 At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1956-10-10 Retired
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