The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Karl Ivanovich Upman

Upman, Karl Ivanovich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

* 10th of October 1896

† 7th of September 1968

(Карл Иванович Упман)

Promotions

1935-11-29 Colonel
1944-02-18 Major-General of Tank Troops
1945-06-27 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1935-01-31 1936-11-11 Chief of Staff, 1st Cavalry Division
1936-11-11 1938-07-31 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1938-07-31 Dismissed from the Army
1938-09-29 Reinstated in the Army
1938-09-29 1940-09-20 Senior Instructor at Frunze Military Academy
1940-09-20 1943-02-02 Deputy Head of Operational Art Department, Military Academy of the General Staff
1943-02-02 1943-03-04 Senior Instructor at Frunze Military Academy
1943-03-04 1944-04-17 Chief of Operations Section, 3rd Guards Tank Army
1944-04-17 1945-03-17 Chief of Staff, 4th Tank Army
1945-03-17 1946-04-17 Chief of Staff, 4th Guards Tank Army
1946-04-17 Head of Tank & Mechanised Forces Department, Military Academy of the General Staff
1948-05-29 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1948-08-11 1956-09-28 Deputy Head of Tank & Mechanised Forces Department, Military Academy of the General Staff
1956-09-28 1958-10-08 Senior Instructor at the Military Academy of the General Staff
1958-10-08 1960-02-29 Deputy Head of Operational Art Department, Military Academy of the General Staff
1960-02-29 1965-08-07 Head of Troops Control Automation & Mechanization Department, Military Academy of the General Staff
1965-08-07 1968-09-07 Consultant to the Military Academy of the General Staff
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin