The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Józef Kimbar

Kimbar, Józef

Major-General

* 1905

† 1974

(PPA)

(Former Soviet Army)

(Iosif Konstantinovich Kimbar)

(Иосиф Константинович Кимбар)

Promotions

1940-12-09 Lieutenant-Colonel (Soviet Army)
1942-02-04 Colonel (Soviet Army)
1943-12-15 Major-General of Tank Troops (Soviet Army)
1944-05-11 Brigadier-General
1945-08-09 Major-General
1946-07-11 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops (Soviet Army)

Service

1940-11-28 1941-03-12 Chief of Staff, 12th Separate Light Tank Brigade
1941-03-12 1941-09-29 Chief of Staff, 26th Tank Division
1941-09-29 1941-11-26 Chief of Staff, 23rd Tank Brigade
1941-11-26 1942-05-XX Wounded and hospitalised
1942-05-20 1943-05-XX Commandant of Saratovsk Armoured Personnel Carriers & Armoured Vehicles School
1943-05-XX 1944-05-XX Commandant of Saratovsk Tank School
1944-05-XX Transferred from the Soviet Army
1944-05-26 1944-09-25 General Officer Commanding Tank & Mechanized Forces Polish People's Army
1944-09-25 1945-11-XX General Officer Commanding I Tank Corps Polish People's Army
1945-11-XX 1946-03-XX Deputy Chief Inspector of Tank Forces
1946-04-01 Returned to the Soviet Union
1947-03-13 1949-10-05 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Volga Military District
1949-10-05 1957-10-11 Commandant of Leningrad Senior Officers' Tank School
1957-10-11 1961-02-04 First Deputy Head of the Central Officers' Course 'Vystrel'
1961-02-04 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin