The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Rokossovskii, Konstantin Konstantinovich
Marshal of Soviet Union
* 21st of December 1896
† 3rd of August 1968
(Константин Константинович Рокоссовский)
Promotions
| 1935-11-26 | Komdiv |
| 1940-06-04 | Major-General |
| 1941-09-11 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1943-01-15 | Colonel-General |
| 1943-04-28 | Army General |
| 1944-06-29 | Marshal of Soviet Union |
| 1949-11-05 | Marshal of Poland (Polish Amy) |
Service
| 1922-XX-XX | – | 1926-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 27th Cavalry Regiment |
| 1926-XX-XX | – | 1928-XX-XX | Inspector of Cavalry Divisions, Mongolian National Revolutionary Army |
| 1928-XX-XX | – | 1930-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 5th Separate Cavalry Brigade |
| 1930-01-XX | – | 1932-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 7th Cavalry Division |
| 1932-XX-XX | – | 1936-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 15th Cavalry Division |
| 1936-XX-XX | – | 1937-XX-XX | Commanding Officer V Cavalry Corps |
| 1937-08-17 | – | 1940-03-22 | Arrested |
| 1940-03-22 | Released | ||
| 1940-06-04 | – | 1941-11-28 | Commanding Officer V Cavalry Corps |
| 1940-11-28 | – | 1941-07-11 | Commanding Officer IX Mechanised Corps |
| 1941-09-11 | – | 1942-07-12 | Commanding Officer 16th Army |
| 1942-07-14 | – | 1942-09-27 | Commander in Chief Briansk Front |
| 1942-09-30 | – | 1943-02-15 | Commander in Chief Don Front |
| 1943-02-15 | – | 1943-10-20 | Commander in Chief Central Front |
| 1943-10-20 | – | 1944-02-23 | Commander in Chief Belorussian Front |
| 1944-02-24 | – | 1944-04-05 | Commander in Chief 1st Belorussian Front |
| 1944-04-05 | – | 1944-04-16 | Commander in Chief Belorussian Front |
| 1944-04-16 | – | 1944-11-16 | Commander in Chief 1st Belorussian Front |
| 1944-11-17 | – | 1945-06-10 | Commander in Chief 2nd Belorussian Front |
| 1945-06-10 | – | 1949-11-06 | Commander in Chief Northern Group of Forces |
| 1949-XX-XX | Transferred to the Polish People's Army | ||
| 1949-XX-XX | – | 1956-XX-XX | Minister of Defence, Poland |
| 1949-XX-XX | – | 1956-XX-XX | Commander in Chief Armed Forces, Poland |
| 1956-XX-XX | Returned to Soviet Union | ||
| 1956-11-19 | – | 1962-04-24 | Deputy Minister of Defence |
| 1956-11-19 | – | 1958-01-30 | Chief Inspector, Ministry of Defence |
| 1957-10-19 | – | 1957-12-31 | Commander in Chief Transcaucasian Military District |
| 1958-01-30 | – | 1962-04-24 | Chief Inspector, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence |
| 1962-XX-XX | – | 1968-08-03 | Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence |
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger