The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Vasilii Andreevich Mitrofanov

Mitrofanov, Vasilii Andreevich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

* 16th of January 1899

† 9th of August 1970

(Василий Андреевич Митрофанов)

Promotions

1940-04-28 Colonel
1943-06-07 Major-General of Tank Troops
1945-06-27 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1939-12-30 1941-07-17 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1941-07-17 1941-09-XX Chief of Operations Section, Tank Forces, Northwestern Front
1941-09-XX 1942-05-XX Commanding Officer Tank Forces, 55th Army
1942-05-19 1942-12-30 Chief of Staff, XII Tank Corps
1942-12-30 1943-01-16 Acting Commanding Officer XII Tank Corps
1943-01-16 1943-05-XX Chief of Staff, XII Tank Corps
1943-05-14 1944-03-23 Chief of Staff, 3rd Guards Tank Army
1944-04-26 1945-02-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 3rd Guards Tank Army
1944-07-21 1944-10-07 Commanding Officer VII Guards Tank Corps
1945-02-XX 1945-08-XX Commanding Officer VI Guards Tank Corps
1945-08-XX 1946-05-09 Commanding Officer 6th Guards Tank Division
1946-05-09 1947-02-17 Deputy Commanding Officer 3rd Guards Tank Army
1947-02-17 1950-05-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Separate Guards Tank Division
1950-05-31 1953-01-24 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Leningrad Military District
1953-01-24 1954-01-06 Head of Combat Training Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1954-01-06 1956-06-01 Head of Higher Military Educational Institutions & Training Affairs Directorate, Tank Forces
1956-06-01 1959-03-24 Senior Military Adviser to the East German Army
1959-03-24 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin