The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Aleksandr Ilich Shchagin

Shchagin, Aleksandr Ilich

Major-General

* 2nd of August 1901

† 3rd of May 1989

(Александр Ильич Щагин)

Promotions

1943-12-20 Major-General

Service

1939-07-XX 1940-03-XX Commanding Officer 204th Rifle Regiment
1940-03-XX 1940-11-XX Commanding Officer 266th Rifle Regiment
1940-11-XX 1941-04-XX Commanding Officer 639th Reserve Rifle Regiment
1941-04-XX 1941-08-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 228th Rifle Division
1941-08-XX 1942-06-XX Commanding Officer 341st Rifle Division
1942-06-30 1943-03-XX Commanding Officer 349th Rifle Division
1943-03-XX 1943-06-XX At disposal of the Military Council, Transcaucasian Front
1943-06-XX 1944-02-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1944-02-XX 1945-06-XX Commanding Officer 49th Training Rifle Brigade
1945-06-XX 1945-10-XX Commanding Officer 49th Training Rifle Division
1945-10-XX 1946-07-XX Commanding Officer 9th Rifle Division
1946-07-XX 1949-06-XX Commanding Officer 9th Separate Rifle Brigade
1949-06-XX 1951-01-XX Commanding Officer 9th Mountain Rifle Division
1951-01-11 1953-05-18 Commanding Officer XII Rifle Corps
1953-06-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko