The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Nikolai Kirillovich Popel

Popel, Nikolai Kirillovich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

* 1901

† February 1980

(Николай Кириллович Попель)

Promotions

1940-06-03 Brigade-Commissar
1942-12-06 Major-General
1944-11-02 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1940-06-03 Member of the Military Council, Leningrad Artillery School
1940-06-03 1941-08-30 Military Commissar, VIII Mechanised Corps
1941-08-25 1941-12-08 Member of the Military Council, 38th Army
1941-12-28 1942-04-19 Member of the Military Council, 21st Army
1942-04-19 1942-07-04 Member of the Military Council, 28th Army
1942-09-21 1942-10-09 Military Commissar, III Mechanised Corps
1942-10-09 1943-01-28 Deputy Commanding Officer for Political Affairs, III Mechanised Corps
1943-01-28 1944-04-24 Member of the Military Council, 1st Tank Army
1944-04-25 1945-05-09 Member of the Military Council, 1st Guards Tank Army
Picture source: http://mechcorps.rkka.ru