The Generals of WWII
Generals from Poland
Kimbar, Józef
Major-General
* 1905
† 1974
(PPA)
(Former Soviet Army)
(Iosif Konstantinovich Kimbar)
(Иосиф Константинович Кимбар)
Promotions
| 1940-12-09 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Soviet Army) |
| 1942-02-04 | Colonel (Soviet Army) |
| 1943-12-15 | Major-General of Tank Troops (Soviet Army) |
| 1944-05-11 | Brigadier-General |
| 1945-08-09 | Major-General |
| 1946-07-11 | Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops (Soviet Army) |
Service
| 1940-11-28 | – | 1941-03-12 | Chief of Staff, 12th Separate Light Tank Brigade |
| 1941-03-12 | – | 1941-09-29 | Chief of Staff, 26th Tank Division |
| 1941-09-29 | – | 1941-11-26 | Chief of Staff, 23rd Tank Brigade |
| 1941-11-26 | – | 1942-05-XX | Wounded and hospitalised |
| 1942-05-20 | – | 1943-05-XX | Commandant of Saratovsk Armoured Personnel Carriers & Armoured Vehicles School |
| 1943-05-XX | – | 1944-05-XX | Commandant of Saratovsk Tank School |
| 1944-05-XX | Transferred from the Soviet Army | ||
| 1944-05-26 | – | 1944-09-25 | General Officer Commanding Tank & Mechanized Forces Polish People's Army |
| 1944-09-25 | – | 1945-11-XX | General Officer Commanding I Tank Corps Polish People's Army |
| 1945-11-XX | – | 1946-03-XX | Deputy Chief Inspector of Tank Forces |
| 1946-04-01 | Returned to the Soviet Union | ||
| 1947-03-13 | – | 1949-10-05 | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Volga Military District |
| 1949-10-05 | – | 1957-10-11 | Commandant of Leningrad Senior Officers' Tank School |
| 1957-10-11 | – | 1961-02-04 | First Deputy Head of the Central Officers' Course 'Vystrel' |
| 1961-02-04 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin