The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Andrei Leontevich Shimkovich

Shimkovich, Andrei Leontevich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 30th of November 1900

† 8th of August 1944

(Андрей Леонтьевич Шимкович)

Promotions

1938-XX-XX Colonel
1943-02-07 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1938-11-25 1940-07-05 Commanding Officer 8th Light Tank Regiment
1940-07-05 1941-03-12 Commanding Officer 19th Light Tank Brigade
1941-03-12 1941-08-14 Deputy Commanding Officer 27th Tank Division
1941-08-14 1941-08-29 At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1941-08-29 1941-09-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Tank Brigade
1942-05-22 1943-01-XX Commandant of 2nd Uliannovsk Tank School
1943-01-XX 1944-08-08 Head of Military Educational Institutions Directorate, Main Formation & Combat Training Directorate, Mechanised & Tank Forces
1944-08-08 Died of illness
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin