The Generals of WWII

Generals from Soviet Union Flag for Soviet Union
Portrait of Marshal of Tank Troops Iakov Nikolaevich Fedorenko

Fedorenko

Iakov Nikolaevich, Marshal of Tank Troops

(1896 – 1947)

(Яков Николаевич Федоренко)

1934
- 1935
Commanding Officer 3rd Separate Tank Regiment
1935
- 1937
Commanding Officer 15th Mechanized Brigade
1937
- 1940
General Oficer Commanding Tank Forces Kiev Military District
1940
- 1942
Head of Main Tank Directorate, People's Commissariat of Defence
1941
- 1943
Deputy People's Commissar of Defence
1942
- 1946
Head of Main Directorate of Tank & Mechanized Forces, People's Commissariat of Defence
1942
- 1947
Commander in Chief Tank & Mechanized Forces
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger