The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Nikolai Petrovich Iakunin

Iakunin, Nikolai Petrovich

Major-General

* 1st of November 1902

† 30th of September 1944

(Николай Петрович Якунин)

Promotions

1942-11-10 Major-General

Service

1938-10-XX 1938-11-XX Chief of Staff, 12th Cavalry Division
1938-11-XX 1939-08-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1939-08-XX 1940-08-XX Chief of 1st Section, III Cavalry Corps
1940-08-XX 1940-12-XX Chief of Staff, VI Mechanised Corps
1940-12-XX 1941-07-08 Chief of 1st Section, Army Cavalry Group, Kiev Special Military District
1941-07-08 1942-03-13 Commanding Officer 52nd Cavalry Division
1942-03-15 1943-02-14 Commanding Officer 21st Cavalry Division
1943-02-14 1943-04-07 Commanding Officer 14th Guards Cavalry Division
1943-05-XX 1943-11-15 Deputy Commanding Officer VII Guards Cavalry Corps
1943-11-15 1944-05-10 Commanding Officer LXXXXVIII Rifle Corps
1944-05-XX 1944-06-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 8th Army
1944-07-28 1944-09-30 Commanding Officer CXXIV Rifle Corps
1944-09-30 Killed in Action
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko