The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Vasilii Pavlovich Sokolov

Sokolov, Vasilii Pavlovich

Major-General

* 17th of July 1902

† 7th of January 1958

(Василий Павлович Соколов)

Promotions

1943-03-01 Major-General

Service

1941-11-XX 1942-01-10 Commanding Officer 283rd Rifle Regiment
1942-01-10 1942-03-09 Commanding Officer 42nd Guards Rifle Regiment
1942-03-10 1943-03-01 Commanding Officer 45th Rifle Division
1943-03-01 1943-09-09 Commanding Officer 74th Guards Rifle Division
1943-09-09 1943-11-29 Wounded and hospitalised
1943-11-29 1943-12-XX Commanding Officer 74th Guards Rifle Division
1943-12-XX 1946-12-XX Commanding Officer 60th Guards Rifle Division
1946-12-XX 1947-03-XX At disposal of the Military Council, Soviet Group of Forces in Germany
1947-03-XX 1948-11-XX Chief of Military Section, Military Directorate, Soviet Military Administration in Germany
1948-11-XX 1949-05-XX Deputy Head of Commandant Service & Military Training Directorate, Soviet Military Administration in Germany
1948-11-XX 1949-05-XX Chief of Combat Training Section, Commandant Service & Military Training Directorate, Soviet Military Administration in Germany
1949-05-XX 1950-06-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1950-06-XX 1952-10-XX Commanding Officer 45th Guards Rifle Division
1952-10-XX 1953-09-XX At disposal of the Commander in Chief of Soviet Group of Forces in Germany
1953-09-XX 1956-03-XX Senior Military Adviser to German Democratic Republic
1956-03-XX Retired
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