The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Pavel Ivanovich Afonin

Afonin, Pavel Ivanovich

Major-General

* 21st of August 1900

† 21st of February 1955

(Павел Иванович Афонин)

Promotions

1944-11-02 Major-General

Service

1940-11-XX 1941-07-XX Senior Instructor at the Higher Military Pedagogical Institute
1941-07-XX 1941-11-XX Chief of Staff, 283rd Rifle Division
1941-11-XX 1942-01-XX Acting Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Shock Army
1942-01-XX 1942-01-18 Chief of Staff, 1st Motorised Rifle Division
1942-01-18 1942-02-24 Acting Commanding Officer 1st Motorised Rifle Division
1942-02-24 1942-05-15 Chief of Staff, 1st Motorised Rifle Division
1942-05-15 1952-05-24 Acting Commanding Officer 1st Motorised Rifle Division
1942-05-24 1942-06-XX Chief of Staff, 1st Motorised Rifle Division
1942-06-XX 1942-08-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, 9th Reserve Army
1942-06-18 1942-07-07 Acting Chief of Staff, 9th Reserve Army
1942-08-XX 1942-09-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, 24th Army
1942-09-XX 1942-12-XX Commanding Officer 598th Rifle Regiment
1942-12-XX 1943-04-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 214th Rifle Division
1943-04-XX 1943-12-XX Chief of Staff, XXI Guards Rifle Corps
1943-12-23 1945-07-XX Commanding Officer 5th Guards Airborne Division
1945-07-XX 1945-11-XX Commanding Officer 112th Guards Rifle Division
1945-11-XX 1947-03-XX Commanding Officer 16th Guards Mechanised
1947-03-XX 1948-04-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1948-04-XX 1950-01-XX Chief of Combat & Physical Training Section, Western Siberian Military District
1950-01-XX 1955-01-XX Deputy Commanding Officer XVIII Guards Rifle Corps
1955-01-XX Retired
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