The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General of Tank Troops Ivan Dmitrievich Vasilev

Vasilev, Ivan Dmitrievich

Colonel-General of Tank Troops

* 3rd of October 1897

† 24th of February 1964

(Иван Дмитриевич Васильев)

Promotions

1943-02-07 Major-General of Tank Troops
1943-10-27 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops
1958-02-18 Colonel-General of Tank Troops 34-00.02.37: Commanding Officer 2nd Mechanised Brigade

Service

1937-02-XX 1938-02-11 Commanding Officer Tank Forces Coastal Group
1938-02-11 1939-10-29 Arrested and under investigation
1939-10-29 Released
1939-10-29 1940-06-XX Instructor at Higher Military School of Staff Services
1940-06-XX 1941-03-11 Assistant Commanding Officer 14th Tank Division
1941-03-11 1941-06-23 Commanding Officer 46th Tank Division
1941-06-23 1941-08-29 Commanding Officer 14th Tank Division
1941-08-29 1941-08-31 Commanding Officer 142th Tank Brigade
1941-09-XX 1942-10-XX Commandant of Solikamsk Airsledge (Snow) School
1942-10-XX 1942-12-19 Chief of Staff, ,II Mechanised Corps
1942-12-19 1943-01-27 Commanding Officer 11th Guards Rifle Division
1943-02-03 1943-11-03 Commanding Officer XIX Tank Corps
1943-11-03 1944-02-XX Wounded and hospitalised
1944-02-XX 1945-05-05 Commanding Officer XIX Tank Corps
1945-07-05 1946-01-XX Commanding Officer X Mechanised Corps
1946-01-XX 1946-07-XX Commanding Officer 10th Mechanised Division
1946-07-XX 1948-06-XX Head of Combat Training Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1948-06-XX 1954-05-07 Commandant of the Military Academy of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1954-05-XX 1954-10-XX Head of 10th Directorate, General Staff
1954-10-XX 1956-05-XX Inspector-General of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1956-05-XX 1956-09-XX Inspector-General of Tank & Mechanised Forces, Staff Logistical Service, Warsaw Pact Forces
1956-09-XX 1958-01-XX Assistant Chief of Staff, Tank Forces
1958-01-XX 1959-09-XX Chief Soviet Instructor at East German Military Academy
1959-09-XX 1961-01-XX Assistant Chief of Staff, Warsaw Pact Forces
1959-09-XX 1961-01-XX Head of 10th Directorate, General Staff
1961-01-XX 1963-03-XX Head of 2nd Section, 10th Main Directorate, General Staff
1961-01-XX 1963-03-XX Head of 2nd Section, 10th Main Directorate, Warsaw Pact Forces
1963-03-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin