The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Ilia Ivanovich Kretov

Kretov, Ilia Ivanovich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 17th of July 1897

† 3rd of April 1983

(Илья Иванович Кретов)

Promotions

1938-08-16 Colonel
1944-02-18 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1939-12-XX Commanding Officer Cadet Battalion, Poltavsk Military Auto-Technical School
1941-06-22 1941-08-XX Commanding Officer Headquarters, Southwestern Front
1941-08-XX 1941-10-XX Commanding Officer Valuiki Garrison
1941-10-XX 1941-12-XX Commanding Officer Voronezh Garrison
1941-12-XX 1942-02-XX Commanding Officer Balashov Garrison
1942-02-XX 1942-06-XX Deputy Commanding Officer for Tank Forces, 40th Army
1942-06-XX 1943-06-XX Attending the Military Academy of the Tank Forces
1943-06-21 1945-09-XX Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 47th Army
1945-09-XX 1946-07-12 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 27th Army
1946-07-12 1949-05-28 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 38th Army
1949-05-28 1950-05-12 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1950-08-02 1954-04-05 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 3rd Schock Army
1954-04-05 1954-12-08 Assistan Commanding Officer for Tank Armaments, 3rd Shock Army
1954-12-08 1955-05-20 At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1955-05-20 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko