The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General of Tank Troops Vasilii Timofeevich Volskii

Volskii, Vasilii Timofeevich

Colonel-General of Tank Troops

* 3rd of January 1897

† 22nd of February 1946

(Василий Тимофеевич Вольский)

Promotions

1936-01-17 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General of Tank Troops
1943-02-07 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops
1944-10-26 Colonel-General of Tank Troops

Service

1932-12-XX 1934-12-XX Commanding Officer 32nd Separate Mechanised Brigade
1935-01-XX 1935-11-XX At disposal of the Command & Staff Directorate
1935-11-XX 1936-01-XX Chief of Engineering Section, Soviet Trade Mission in Italy
1936-01-XX 1939-05-XX At disposal of the Intelligence Directorate
1939-05-20 1941-XX-XX Assistant Commandant of Military Academy on Mechanisation & Motorisation
1941-XX-XX 1941-06-21 Military Attaché to Bucharest
1941-06-XX 1941-07-XX Deputy Commanding Officer Tank Forces, 21st Army
1941-07-01 1941-12-XX Assistant Commander in Chief for Tank Troops, Southwestern Front
1942-01-XX 1942-04-XX Deputy Inspector-General, Main Tank Directorate
1942-04-XX 1942-05-19 Deputy Commander in Chief for Tank Troops, Crimean Front
1942-05-19 1942-10-08 Deputy Commander in Chief for Tank Troops, Northern Caucasian Front
1942-10-08 1942-12-18 Commanding Officer IV Mechanised Corps
1942-12-18 1943-03-XX Commanding Officer III Guards Mechanised Corps
1943-03-XX 1943-06-01 Hospitalised
1943-06-01 1944-08-18 Second Deputy Commander in Chief of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1944-08-18 1945-03-16 Commanding Officer 5th Guards Tank Army
1945-04-10 1946-02-22 Hospitalised
1946-02-22 Died of illness
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin