The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Viktor Andreevich Oparin

Oparin, Viktor Andreevich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 4th of April 1909

† 28th of August 1971

(Виктор Андреевич Опарин)

Promotions

1941-10-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-05-29 Colonel
1945-07-11 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1941-06-04 1941-08-XX Chief of Supply Section, 10th Tank Division
1941-08-XX 1941-10-09 Wounded and hospitalised
1941-10-09 1941-12-26 Deputy Commanding Officer 133rd Tank Brigade
1941-11-26 1942-02-15 Commanding Officer Tank Forces, 3rd Army
1942-02-15 1943-01-11 Deputy Commanding Officer for Tank Forces, 3rd Army
1943-01-11 1945-08-07 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 3rd Army
1945-08-07 1946-03-05 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Minsk Military District
1946-03-05 1946-06-05 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 3rd Army
1946-06-05 1948-08-16 Deputy Commanding Officer 4th Guards Tank Division
1948-08-16 1951-11-10 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 14th Army
1951-11-10 1952-11-01 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1952-11-19 1953-09-21 Military Adviser to the East German Police
1953-09-21 1955-12-19 Senior Military Adviser to the East German Police
1955-12-19 1956-01-26 At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1956-01-26 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko