The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Mikhail Iakovlevich Balalaev

Balalaev, Mikhail Iakovlevich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 15th of September 1894

† 15th of September 1986

(Михаил Яковлевич Балалаев)

Promotions

1938-02-17 Colonel
1944-08-02 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1937-01-05 1938-02-XX Commanding Officer Tank Forces, 26th Rifle Division
1938-02-XX 1938-06-07 Commanding Officer Tank Forces, XXXXIII Rifle Corps
1938-06-07 1941-05-09 Chief of 1st Section, Tank Forces, Coastal Group of Forces
1941-05-09 1941-12-30 Senior Instructor at the Infantry Commanders Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
1941-12-30 1942-01-26 Head of Tank Forces Course, Far Eastern Front
1942-01-26 1943-02-05 Deputy Commanding Officer for Tank Forces, 15th Army
1942-03-05 1945-03-XX Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 15th Army
1945-03-XX Deputy Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 1st Ukrainian Front
1945-03-XX 1946-02-14 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 15th Army
1946-02-14 1946-03-23 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 18th Army
1946-03-23 Deputy Commanding Officer XI Guards Rifle Corps
1954-02-09 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko