The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General of Tank Troops Ivan Prokofevich Sukhov

Sukhov, Ivan Prokofevich

Colonel-General of Tank Troops

* 23rd of November 1895

† 7th of September 1962

(Иван Прокофьевич Сухов)

Promotions

1938-02-17 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General of Tank Troops
1944-02-18 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops
1955-08-12 Colonel-General of Tank Troops

Service

1933-12-XX 1936-XX-XX Instructor at Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1936-XX-XX 1937-05-XX Chief of Staff, 7th Tank Brigade
1937-05-XX 1938-XX-XX Commanding Officer 7th Tank Brigade
1938-XX-XX 1939-12-XX Commanding Officer 43rd Light Tank Brigade
1939-12-XX 1941-07-XX Instructor at Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation 00.07.41-04.08.41: Head of Tactics Department, Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1941-08-04 1941-10-XX Chief of Staff, Moscow Defence Sector
1941-10-XX 1942-09-XX Head of Tactics Department, Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1942-09-XX 1942-10-XX Attached to Training Army
1942-10-XX 1943-06-XX Head of Tactics Department, Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1943-03-XX 1943-09-24 Assistant Commandant of the Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1943-09-24 1943-10-07 Acting Commanding Officer VI Guards Tank Corps
1943-10-XX 1944-04-07 Assistant Commanding Officer 3rd Guards Tank Army
1944-04-07 1945-12-XX Commanding Officer IX Mechanised Corps
1945-12-XX 1946-02-XX Assistant Commanding Officer 3rd Guards Tank Army
1946-02-XX 1947-11-XX First Assistant Commandant of the Military Academy of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1947-11-XX 1948-06-XX Acting Commandant of the Military Academy of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1948-06-XX 1949-09-XX Commandant of the Military Academy of Tank & Mechanised Forces 00.09.49-00.02.57: At disposal of the Polish Ministry of Defence and the Commander in Chief of the Polish Tank & Mechanised Forces
1957-02-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin