The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Otakar Zahálka

Zahálka, Otakar

Major-General

* 30th of September 1891

† 21st of June 1941

Promotions

1924-12-30 Lieutenant-Colonel
1929-02-21 Colonel
1935-02-16 Brigadier-General
1946-10-26 Major-General (Posthumously)

Service

1924-10-XX 1927-07-XX Chief of Staff, 5th Infantry Division
1927-07-XX 1931-02-XX Chief of Staff, Inspectorate-General of the Armed Forces
1931-02-XX 1931-04-XX Attending the Centre d'études tactiques d'artillerie, Metz [France]
1931-04-XX 1931-10-XX Chief of Staff, Inspectorate-General of the Armed Forces
1931-10-XX 1933-01-XX Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Regiment
1933-01-XX 1933-07-XX Attending the Senior Commanders' Course, Prague
1933-07-XX 1934-02-XX Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Regiment
1934-02-XX 1939-09-XX Commandant of the Military Academy, Hranice
1938-09-XX 1938-10-XX General Officer Commanding 8th Infantry Division
1938-10-XX 1939-03-XX Chief of Section for Corrections of the Border to Germany, General Staff
1940-01-01 Retired
1941-06-21 Executed by the Germans
Picture source: Courtesy of Jitka Sodovská