The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Shamshin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
Major-General of Tank Troops
* 25th of August 1908
† 23rd of September 1972
(Александр Александрович Шамшин)
Promotions
| 1940-12-XX | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-11-25 | Colonel |
| 1942-05-13 | Major-General of Tank Troops |
Service
| 1939-06-06 | – | 1940-11-28 | Instructor at Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation |
| 1940-11-28 | – | 1941-03-XX | Chief of Staff, 39th Tank Brigade |
| 1941-03-XX | – | 1941-09-12 | Chief of Staff, 39th Tank Division |
| 1941-09-12 | – | 1942-04-03 | Commanding Officer 34th Mechanised Rifle Brigade |
| 1942-04-03 | – | 1942-09-25 | Commanding Officer XXII Tank Corps |
| 1942-10-08 | – | 1943-03-18 | Commanding Officer IX Tank Corps |
| 1943-03-18 | – | 1943-10-04 | Head of Combat Training Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces |
| 1943-10-04 | – | 1944-02-28 | Commanding Officer III Tank Corps |
| 1944-02-28 | – | 1944-04-25 | At disposal of the Commander in Chief of Tank & Mechanised Forces |
| 1944-04-25 | – | 1944-09-XX | Deputy Commanding Officer I Mechanised Corps |
| 1944-09-XX | – | 1946-05-XX | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Volga Military District |
| 1945-05-XX | – | 1946-07-31 | In reserve, Military Council, Tank & Mechanised Forces |
| 1946-07-31 | – | 1948-10-17 | Deputy Commanding Officer 27th Mechanised Division |
| 1948-10-17 | – | 1948-11-27 | At disposal of the Personnel Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces |
| 1948-11-27 | – | 1954-05-10 | Instructor at Military Academy of the Tank & Mechanised Forces |
| 1954-05-10 | – | 1957-05-03 | Instructor at Military Academy of the Tank Forces |
| 1957-05-03 | Retired |
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