The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Army General Jan Satorie

Satorie, Jan

Army General

* 1st of June 1894

† 6th of April 1985

Promotions

1931-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-01-22 Colonel
1945-03-05 Brigadier-General
1945-10-02 Major-General
1948-10-18 Lieutenant-General
1949-12-01 Army General

Service

1931-09-15 1933-01-03 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment
1933-01-03 1935-10-01 Commandant of the Infantry Shooting School, Milovice
1935-10-01 1935-12-21 Attending the Commanders' Course, Prague
1935-12-21 1936-10-01 Commandant of the Infantry Shooting School, Milovice
1936-10-01 1938-04-30 Instructor at the Commanders' Course, Prague
1938-04-30 1938-09-22 Attached to I Corps
1938-09-22 1938-10-22 Chief of Section 3 (General Affairs), Praesidium Department, Ministry of National Defence
1938-10-22 1939-04-08 Deputy Commanding Officer 47th Infantry Regiment
1939-04-08 1939-07-17 Commanding Officer 47th Infantry Regiment
1939-07-21 Fled to France
1939-08-XX 1939-09-16 Assistant Military Attaché to France
1939-09-16 1940-08-14 Commanding Officer 2nd Czechoslovakian Infantry Regiment [France - Great Britain]
1940-08-14 1941-07-11 Commanding Officer 1st Czechoslovakian Infantry Battalion [Great Britain]
1941-07-11 1942-10-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Czechoslovakian Infantry Battalion [Great Britain]
1942-10-01 1944-09-29 Commanding Officer Czechoslovakian Replacement Training Center [Great Britain]
1944-11-XX 1945-01-12 Attached to Headquarters Liberated Territory
1945-01-12 1945-04-03 Commanding Officer 1st Independent Czechoslovakian Brigade [Eastern Front]
1945-04-03 1945-05-28 Deputy General Officer Commanding I Czechoslovakian Corps [Eastern Front]
1945-05-28 1946-03-14 General Officer Commanding IV Corps
1946-03-15 1948-12-31 General Officer Commanding 2nd Military District
1949-01-01 1952-10-01 Head of the Military Chancellery to the President
1952-10-01 Retired
Picture source: From "Vojenská historie a osobnosti posádky", 2012