The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Army General Vasilii Filippovich Margelov

Margelov, Vasilii Filippovich

Army General

* 27th of December 1906

† 4th of March 1990

(Василий Филиппович Маргелов)

Promotions

1942-06-28 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-04-15 Colonel
1944-09-13 Major-General
1953-08-03 Lieutenant-General
1963-02-22 Colonel-General
1967-10-25 Army General

Service

1944-01-11 1944-05-15 Commanding Officer 49th Guards Rifle Division
1944-06-22 1945-05-11 Commanding Officer 49th Guards Rifle Division
1948-XX-XX Commanding Officer 76th Guards Airborne Division
1950-04-15 1952-05-XX Commanding Officer XXXVII Guards Airborne Corps
1953-04-XX 1954-05-31 Commanding Officer XXXVII Guards Airborne Corps
1954-05-31 1959-03-13 Commander in Chief Airborne Forces
1959-XX-XX 1961-XX-XX Deputy Commander in Chief Airborne Forces
1961-07-22 1979-01-11 Commander in Chief Airborne Forces
1979-01-11 1990-03-04 Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence
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