The Generals of WWII

Generals from Poland Flag for Poland
Portrait of Army General Stanisław Popławski

Popławski

Stanisław, Army General

(1902 – 1973) (PPA) (Former Soviet Army)

(Станислав Гилярович Поплавский)

(Stanislav Giliarovich Poplavskii)

1941
Commanding Officer 720 Rifle Regiment
1941
- 1942
Chief of Staff 363rd Rifle Division
1942
General Officer Commanding 184th Rifle Division
1942
General Officer Commanding 256th Rifle Division
1942
- 1943
General Officer Commanding 220th Rifle Division
1943
- 1944
General Officer Commanding XXXXV Rifle Corps
1944
Transferred from the Soviet Army
1944
General Officer Commanding 2nd Polish People's Army
1944
- 1945
General Officer Commanding 1st Polish People's Army
1945
- 1947
General Officer Commanding IV Military District, Poland
1947
- 1950
Commander in Chief of the Ground Forces
1949
- 1956
Deputy Minister of Defence
1950
- 1956
Chief Inspector of Military Training
1956
Returned to Soviet Union
1956
- 1963
Deputy Chief Inspector Ministry of Defence
1963
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley