The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General of Tank Troops Vasilii Sergeevich Arkhipov

Arkhipov, Vasilii Sergeevich

Colonel-General of Tank Troops

* 29th of December 1906

† 13th of June 1985

(Василий Сергеевич Архипов)

Promotions

1942-02-20 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-07-23 Colonel
1945-04-20 Major-General of Tank Troops
1954-03-31 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops
1963-02-22 Colonel-General of Tank Troops

Service

1941-09-XX 1941-12-25 Commanding Officer 10th Tank Regiment
1941-12-25 1942-04-07 Deputy Commanding Officer 10th Tank Brigade
1942-04-07 1943-04-29 Commanding Officer 109th Tank Brigade
1943-05-17 1943-09-14 Attending the Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1943-09-14 1945-08-06 Commanding Officer 53rd Guards Tank Brigade
1945-08-06 1946-03-12 Deputy Commanding Officer 6th Guards Tank Division
1946-03-12 1946-11-XX Commanding Officer 6th Guards Tank Division
1946-11-XX 1948-04-XX Commanding Officer 6th Guards Cadre Tank Regiment
1948-06-15 1950-12-29 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1950-11-20 1954-01-09 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Turkestan Military District
1954-01-09 1954-07-27 Assistant Commander in Chief for Tank Armaments, Turkestan Military District
1954-01-09 1954-07-27 Chief of Tank Armaments Section, Turkestan Military District
1954-07-27 1958-04-17 Chief of Combat Training Section, Turkestan Military District
1957-03-15 1958-04-17 Deputy Commander in Chief for Combat Training, Turkestan Military District
1958-04-17 1960-05-23 Commanding Officer 1st Separate Army
1960-05-23 1961-06-15 Deputy Commander in Chief Siberian Military District
1961-09-21 1970-08-24 Senior Military Adviser to the East German Army
1970-08-24 1971-07-15 At disposal of the Commander in Chief of Ground Forces
1971-07-15 Retired
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