The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General 1st Rank Ferdinand Čatloš

Čatloš, Ferdinand

General 1st Rank

* 7th of October 1895

† 16th of October 1972

(Slovakian)

Promotions

1935-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-03-14 Colonel [Slovakian Army)
1939-04-01 General 1st Rank (Slovakian Army)

Service

1936-09-XX 1938-09-XX Chief of Staff, 8th Infantry Division, Czechoslovakian Army
1938-09-XX 1938-10-XX Chief of Staff, 37th Border Sector, Czechoslovakian Army
1938-10-XX 1939-03-10 Liaison Officer between the Ministry of Defence (Czechoslovakian) and the autonomy Slovak state
1938-10-XX 1939-03-10 Head of the Military Cabinet, Ministry of Defence (Czechoslovakian)
1939-03-10 1939-03-14 Commanding Officer 39th Infantry Regiment, Czechoslovakian Army
1939-03-14 Transferred to the Slovakian Army
1939-03-14 1939-10-24 Commanding Officer Bratislava Territorial Command, Slovakia
1939-03-14 1944-09-02 Minister of Defence, Slovakia
1941-06-22 1941-08-12 General Officer Commanding Slovakian Motorized Division [Soviet Union]
1944-09-13 1947-01-XX Prisoner [Soviet Union]
1947-01-XX 1947-12-10 Arrested
1947-12-10 Condemned to 5 years imprisonment
1948-XX-XX Released
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