The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General of Tank Troops Dmitrii Karpovich Mostovenko

Mostovenko, Dmitrii Karpovich

Colonel-General of Tank Troops

* 19th of October 1895

† 13th of November 1975

(Дмитрий Карпович Мостовенко)

(Dmitrij Mostowienko)

Promotions

1935-12-04 Colonel
1938-02-22 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General of Tank Forces
1943-02-07 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops
1946-05-25 Lieutenant-General (Polish Army)
1946-07-11 Colonel-General of Tank Troops 00.03.32-00.10.33: Chief of Staff, Tank Forces, Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army

Service

1933-10-XX 1938-12-XX Head of Command Department, Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1938-12-26 1940-07-11 Commanding Officer Tank Forces, Belorussian Military District
1940-07-11 1941-03-11 Commanding Officer Tank Forces, Western Special Military District
1941-03-11 1941-08-09 Commanding Officer XI Mechanised Corps
1941-08-XX 1941-12-XX Assistant Commander in Chief for Tank Forces, Western Front
1941-12-13 1942-03-31 Chief of Tank Forces Section, Operations Directorate, General Staff
1942-03-31 1942-10-12 Commanding Officer III Tank Corps
1942-10-12 1943-04-XX Deputy Commander in Chief for Tank Forces, Western Front
1943-04-XX 1943-09-22 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Western Front
1943-09-22 1943-11-XX First Assistant Commandant of the Military Academy of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1943-11-XX Transferred to the Polish People's Army
1943-11-20 1945-XX-XX Commander in Chief of Tank Forces, Polish People's Army
1945-06-XX 1946-XX-XX Chief Inspector of Tank Forces
1946-XX-XX Returned to Soviet Union
1947-06-30 1954-01-11 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Odessa Military District
1954-01-11 1954-07-23 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Belorussian Military District
1954-07-23 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin