The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Grigorii Ignatevich Obruch

Obruch, Grigorii Ignatevich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 25th of April 1902

† 21st of April 1962

(Григорий Игнатьевич Обруч)

Promotions

1942-01-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-01-24 Colonel
1945-09-08 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1941-10-03 1942-04-07 Chief of 1st Section, Tank Forces, 52nd Army
1942-04-07 1942-07-13 Deputy Commanding Officer for Tank Utilisation, 52nd Army
1942-07-13 1943-09-30 Chief of Operations Section, Tank & Mechanised Forces, Volkhov Front
1943-09-30 1943-11-27 Chief of Staff, Tank & Mechanised Forces, Volkhov Front
1943-11-27 1944-05-20 Chief of Staff, Tank & Mechanised Forces, Karelian Front
1945-05-20 1945-08-12 Commanding Officer 72nd Tank Brigade
1945-08-12 1946-05-XX Wounded and hospitalised
1946-04-XX 1946-05-21 At disposal of the Personnel Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1946-05-21 1947-07-07 Chief of Staff, 9th Mechanised Division
1947-07-07 1948-02-12 Chief of Staff, 9th Mechanised Cadre Regiment
1948-02-12 1950-07-06 Chief of Staff, Tank & Mechanised Forces, Taurian Military District
1950-07-06 1951-08-08 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1951-08-08 1953-06-08 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 13th Army
1953-06-08 1953-06-15 At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1953-06-15 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko