The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of Soviet Union Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vasilevskii

Vasilevskii, Aleksandr Mikhailovich

Marshal of Soviet Union

* 30th of September 1895

† 5th of December 1977

(Александр Михайлович Василевский)

Promotions

1938-08-16 Kombrig
1940-04-05 Komdiv
1940-06-04 Major-General
1941-10-28 Lieutenant-General
1942-05-21 Colonel-General
1943-01-18 Army General
1943-02-16 Marshal of Soviet Union

Service

1924-12-XX 1928-12-XX Commanding Officer 143rd Rifle Regiment 00.12.28-00.02.31: Commanding Officer 144th Rifle Regiment
1931-03-XX 1934-12-XX Assistant Chief of 2nd Section, Combat Training Directorate
1934-12-XX 1936-11-XX Chief of Combat Training Section, Volga Military District
1937-XX-XX 1937-10-XX Head of Rear Service Department, Military Academy of the General Staff
1937-10-XX 1939-06-XX Chief of 1st Branch, 1st Section, Operations Directorate, General Staff
1939-06-XX 1940-05-25 Chief of 6th Branch, 1st Section, Operations Directorate, General Staff
1940-05-21 1941-08-01 First Deputy Head of Operations Directorate, General Staff
1940-05-21 1941-08-01 Chief of 1st Section, Operations Directorate, General Staff
1941-08-01 1942-01-25 Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1941-08-01 1942-01-25 Head of Operations Directorate, General Staff
1942-01-25 1942-06-26 First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1942-05-11 1942-06-26 Acting Chief of the General Staff
1942-06-26 1945-02-19 Chief of the General Staff
1942-10-15 1945-02-XX Deputy People's Commissar of Defence
1945-02-17 1945-XX-XX Member of the High Command
1945-02-20 1945-04-26 Commander in Chief 3rd Belorussian Front
1945-08-01 1945-10-01 Commander in Chief Far Eastern Command
1946-03-25 1948-11-12 Chief of the General Staff
1946-03-25 1948-12-XX Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces
1948-12-XX 1949-03-24 First Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces
1949-03-24 1950-02-25 Minister of the Armed Forces
1950-02-25 1953-03-05 Minister of War
1953-03-05 1953-03-15 First Deputy Minister of War
1953-03-16 1956-03-15 Deputy Minister of Defence
1956-08-14 1957-11-XX Deputy Minister of Defence
1959-01-XX 1977-12-05 Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Minister of Defence
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger