The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Aleksandr Andreevich Vakhrushev

Vakhrushev, Aleksandr Andreevich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 12th of September 1903

† 19th of May 1945

(Александр Андреевич Вахрушев)

Promotions

1942-02-XX Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-01-24 Colonel
1945-04-20 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1941-12-XX 1942-01-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 6th Tank Brigade
1942-01-XX 1942-04-XX Commanding Officer 39th Separate Tank Brigade
1942-04-22 Condemned to 10 years imprisonment, but sentence suspended until after the war
1942-05-XX 1942-07-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 62nd Tank Brigade
1942-07-XX 1943-02-XX Deputy Commanding Officer for Tank Forces, 31st Army
1942-12-10 Sentence annulled
1943-02-XX 1943-11-XX Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 31st Army
1943-11-20 1945-05-19 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 33rd Army
1945-05-19 Died of illness
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhael Eremenko