The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Army General Iakov Grigorevich Kreizer

Kreizer, Iakov Grigorevich

Army General

* 4th of November 1905

† 29th of November 1969

(Яков Григорьевич Крейзер)

Promotions

1941-08-07 Major-General
1943-02-14 Lieutenant-General
1945-07-02 Colonel-General
1962-04-27 Army General

Service

1938-04-XX 1939-01-XX Acting Commanding Officer 356th Rifle Regiment
1939-01-XX 1939-08-19 Assistant Commanding Officer 84th Rifle Division
1939-08-19 1940-XX-XX Commanding Officer 172nd Rifle Division
1941-03-11 1941-07-12 Commanding Officer 1st Motorised Rifle Division
1941-07-12 Wounded
1941-08-03 1941-08-18 Commanding Officer 1st Motorised Rifle Division
1941-08-18 1941-08-25 Commanding Officer 1st Tank Division
1941-08-25 1941-12-13 Commanding Officer 3rd Army
1942-02-XX 1942-09-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 57th Army
1942-09-XX 1942-10-XX Commanding Officer 1st Reserve Army
1942-10-23 1942-11-29 Commanding Officer 2nd Guards Army
1943-02-14 1943-07-30 Commanding Officer 2nd Guards Army
1943-08-01 1946-04-XX Commanding Officer 51st Army
1946-04-XX 1948-04-19 Commanding Officer 7th Guards Army
1949-04-01 1955-06-22 Commanding Officer 38th Army
1955-06-23 1958-01-15 Commander in Chief Southern Ural Military District
1958-01-25 1960-05-XX Commander in Chief Transbaikal Military District
1960-06-13 1961-07-21 Commander in Chief Ural Military District
1961-07-22 1963-11-25 Commander in Chief Far Eastern Military District
1963-11-25 1969-11-29 Head of the Infantry Commanders Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin