The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Vasile Mainescu

Mainescu

Vasile, Major-General

(1891 – 1953)

1941
Commanding Officer 5th Cavalry Brigade
1942
General Officer Commanding 5th Cavalry Division
1942
- 1944
Director Higher Cavalry Department
1944
General Officer Commanding 8th Cavalry Division
1944
Director Higher Cavalry Department
1944
- 1945
Director of Personnel Ministry of War
1945
Deputy General Officer Commanding Capital Military Command
1946
- 1947
In reserve
1947
Retired
1950
- 1953
Arrested
1953
Condemned to 15 years imprisonment as war criminal
1953
Died in prison