The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Vasilii Mikhailovich Badanov

Badanov, Vasilii Mikhailovich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

* 26th of December 1895

† 1st of April 1971

(Василий Михайлович Баданов)

Promotions

1937-XX-XX Colonel
1941-12-27 Major-General of Tank Troops
1942-12-26 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1936-04-XX 1940-01-05 Assistant Commandant of Military Automotive Technical School, Volga Military District
1940-01-05 1941-03-11 Commandant of Poltavsk Military Automotive Technical School
1941-03-11 1941-08-10 Commanding Officer 55th Tank Division
1941-09-02 1942-03-16 Commanding Officer 12th Tank Brigade
1942-04-19 1942-12-26 Commanding Officer XXIV Tank Corps
1942-12-26 1943-06-25 Commanding Officer II Guards Tank Corps
1943-07-15 1944-03-29 Commanding Officer 4th Tank Army
1944-03-29 1944-08-17 Wounded and hospitalised
1944-08-17 1946-06-10 Head of Military Educational Institutions Directorate, Main Formation & Combat Training Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1946-06-10 1949-04-30 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Central Group of Forces
1949-04-30 1950-05-12 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1950-07-04 1953-05-20 Head of Military Educational Institutions Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1953-05-20 1953-06-08 At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1953-06-08 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin