The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of Tank Troops Mikhail Efimovich Katukov

Katukov, Mikhail Efimovich

Marshal of Tank Troops

* 17th of September 1900

† 8th of September 1976

(Михаил Ефимович Катуков)

Promotions

1938-02-17 Colonel
1941-11-10 Major-General of Tank Troops
1943-01-18 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops
1944-04-10 Colonel-General of Tank Troops
1959-10-05 Marshal of Tank Troops 00.04.37-09.10.38: Chief of Staff, XXXXV Mechanised Corps

Service

1938-10-09 –1940-07-20 Commanding Officer 5th Light Tank Brigade
1940-07-20 –1940-09-10 Commanding Officer 38th Light Tank Brigade
1940-09-10 –1940-11-20 At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1940-11-20 –1941-09-28 Commanding Officer 20th Tank Division
1941-08-29 –1941-11-11 Commanding Officer 4th Tank Brigade
1941-11-11 –1942-04-02 Commanding Officer 1st Guards Brigade
1942-03-31 –1942-09-18 Commanding Officer I Tank Corps
1942-09-18 –1943-01-30 Commanding Officer III Mechanised Corps
1943-XX-XX –1943-01-30 Commanding Officer 3rd Reserve Army
1943-01-30 –1944-04-25 Commanding Officer 1st Tank Army
1944-04-25 –1948-04-20 Commanding Officer 1st Guards Tank Army
1945-07-09 –1947-12-XX Commanding Officer Soviet Military Administration, Saxony [Germany]
1948-04-20 –1950-07-06 Commanding Officer Mechanised & Tank Troops, Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
1950-07-06 –1951-07-04 Attending the the Military Academy of the General Staff
1951-09-17 –1955-06-23 Commanding Officer 5th Guards Mechanised Army
1955-06-23 –1957-03-20 Inspector-General of Tank Forces, Main Inspection
1957-03-20 –1957-04-19 Inspector-General of Combined Arms & Tank Formations, Main Inspection
1957-04-19 –1963-05-21 Deputy Head of Main Combat Training Directorate, Ground Forces
1963-05-21 –1976-09-08 Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger