The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Ivan Ivanovich Petrov

Petrov, Ivan Ivanovich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

* 26th of September 1895

† 4th of August 1979

(Иван Иванович Петров)

Promotions

1938-10-09 Colonel
1943-01-19 Major-General of Tank Troops
1945-06-27 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1938-04-29 1939-02-02 Assistant Commanding Officer 23rd Light Tank Brigade
1939-02-02 1940-07-11 Assistant Commanding Officer 47th Light Tank Brigade
1940-07-11 1941-08-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 12th Tank Division
1941-08-XX 1942-04-19 Commandant of Solikamsk Tank School
1942-04-19 1943-02-01 Commanding Officer 192nd Tank Brigade
1943-07-09 1943-10-30 Deputy Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Voronezh
1943-10-30 1945-08-08 Deputy Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 1st Ukrainian Front
1945-08-08 1946-01-31 Deputy Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Central Group of Forces
1946-01-31 1947-07-10 Commandant of Kotlask Self-Propelled Artillery School
1947-07-10 1959-12-21 Commandant of Kiev Self-Propelled Artillery School
1959-12-21 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin