The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Boris Georgievich Vershinin

Vershinin, Boris Georgievich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

* 17th of July 1899

† 6th of September 1953

(Борис Георгиевич Вершинин)

Promotions

1937-04-22 Brigade-Engineer
1937-10-28 Kombrig
1940-03-21 Komdiv
1940-06-04 Major-General of Tank Troops
1942-12-07 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1937-XX-XX Head of Engineering Department, Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1937-10-XX 1938-07-XX Military Attaché to Great Britain
1938-07-XX 1939-12-XX Commanding Officer Tank Forces, Leningrad Military District
1939-12-XX 1940-07-26 Commanding Officer Tank Forces, 7th Army
1940-07-26 1941-07-01 Inspector-General of Tank Forces
1941-07-01 1942-01-XX Assistant Commander in Chief for Tank Forces, Northwestern Front
1942-01-XX 1942-11-XX Deputy Commander in Chief for Tank Forces, Northwestern Front
1942-11-XX 1943-01-24 Inspector-General of Tank Forces
1943-01-24 1947-01-27 Head of Main Tank Directorate
1947-01-27 1947-11-24 Commandant of Military Academy of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1947-11-24 1953-09-06 Head of Main Tank Directorate
1950-07-25 1953-05-11 Deputy Commander in Chief for Technical Affairs, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1953-05-11 1953-09-06 Deputy Commander in Chief for Tank Technology, Tank & Mechanised Forces
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