The Generals of WWII
Generals from Estonia
Jonson
Gustav, Lieutenant-General
(1880 – 1942)
1922
- 1924
Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Regiment
1924
- 1927
Deputy Chief General Staff
1927
- 1930
Chief of Military Training
1928
- 1930
Inspector-General of Cavalry
1930
- 1933
General Officer Commanding 3rd Division
1930
- 1933
Commandant of Tallinn
1933
- 1940
Chief of Internal Defence
1939
Aide-de-Camp to the President
1940
Commander in Chief of the Army
1940
Transferred to the Soviet Army
1940
- 1941
General Officer Commanding XXII Rifle Corps
1941
- 1942
Arrested
1942
Condemned to death and executed
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis J. Kursietis