The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General of Engineers Aleksandr Danilovich Tsirlin

Tsirlin, Aleksandr Danilovich

Colonel-General of Engineers

* 4th of November 1902

† 6th of November 1976

(Александр Данилович Цирлин)

Promotions

1943-09-25 Major-General of Engineers
1944-09-13 Lieutenant-General of Engineers
1945-06-20 Colonel-General of Engineers

Service

1940-08-XX 1942-05-XX Commandant of Leningrad Military Engineering School
1941-07-03 1941-08-XX Commanding Officer Engineers, Lushsk Operational Group
1942-01-XX 1942-05-XX Chief of Operations Section, Engineers, Western Front
1942-05-XX 1943-07-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, Engineers
1942-05-XX 1943-07-XX Chief of Operations Section, Engineers
1943-07-XX 1943-10-20 Commanding Officer Engineers, Steppe Front
1943-10-20 1945-08-XX Commanding Officer Engineers, 2nd Ukrainian Front
1945-08-XX 1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer Engineers, Transbaikal Front
1946-XX-XX 1961-XX-XX Head of Military Engineering Department, Military Academy of the General Staff
1961-XX-XX 1969-XX-XX Commandant of Military Engineering Academy
1969-07-18 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin