The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Rodion Nikolaevich Morgunov

Morgunov, Rodion Nikolaevich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

* 9th of November 1894

† 5th of March 1945

(Родион Николаевич Моргунов)

Promotions

1935-11-26 Kombrig
1940-03-21 Komdiv
1940-06-04 Major-General of Tank Troops
1944-05-11 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1931-09-XX 1937-05-XX Commanding Officer Tank Forces, Volga Military District
1937-05-XX 1939-04-XX Commandant of Leningrad Tank-Technical School
1939-04-XX 1939-11-29 Head of Tank Officers Advanced Training Course, Leningrad
1939-11-29 1940-05-XX Commanding Officer Tank Forces, Northwestern Front
1940-05-XX 1940-05-08 Head of Tank Officers Advanced Training Course, Leningrad
1940-05-08 1941-06-22 Commanding Officer Tank Forces, Kiev Special Military District
1941-06-22 1941-07-XX Deputy Commander in Chief Southwestern Front
1942-02-XX 1942-04-17 Deputy Commander in Chief for Tank Forces, Southwestern Front
1942-04-17 1942-06-XX Deputy Commander in Chief for Tank Forces, Southwestern Theatre
1942-06-XX 1943-01-15 Commanding Officer Gorkovsk Tank Centre
1943-01-15 1944-09-20 Head of Repair Directorate, Main Tank Directorate
1944-09-20 1945-03-05 Head of Spare Parts Supply & Repair Directorate, Main Automotive Directorate
1945-03-05 Killed in a car crash
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin