The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Boris Mikhailovich Safonov

Safonov, Boris Mikhailovich

Major-General

* 1897

† 1985

(Борис Михайлович Сафонов)

Promotions

1940-XX-XX Colonel
1945-07-11 Major-General

Service

1938-06-XX 1939-XX-XX Commanding Officer 146th Rifle Regiment
1939-XX-XX 1940-08-XX Chief of Staff, 123rd Rifle Division
1940-08-XX Commanding Officer Infantry, 123rd Rifle Division
1941-06-19 1941-12-06 Chief of Operations Section, 33rd Army
1941-12-25 1942-01-07 Commanding Officer 308th Rifle Division
1942-01-07 1942-04-04 Commanding Officer 117th Rifle Division
1943-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, 39th Army
1943-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Chief of Operations Section, 39th Army
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko