The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Vasilevskii, Aleksandr Mikhailovich
Marshal of Soviet Union
* 30th of September 1895
† 5th of December 1977
(Александр Михайлович Василевский)
Promotions
| 1938-08-16 | Kombrig |
| 1940-04-05 | Komdiv |
| 1940-06-04 | Major-General |
| 1941-10-28 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1942-05-21 | Colonel-General |
| 1943-01-18 | Army General |
| 1943-02-16 | Marshal of Soviet Union |
Service
| 1924-12-XX | – | 1928-12-XX | Commanding Officer 143rd Rifle Regiment 00.12.28-00.02.31: Commanding Officer 144th Rifle Regiment |
| 1931-03-XX | – | 1934-12-XX | Assistant Chief of 2nd Section, Combat Training Directorate |
| 1934-12-XX | – | 1936-11-XX | Chief of Combat Training Section, Volga Military District |
| 1937-XX-XX | – | 1937-10-XX | Head of Rear Service Department, Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1937-10-XX | – | 1939-06-XX | Chief of 1st Branch, 1st Section, Operations Directorate, General Staff |
| 1939-06-XX | – | 1940-05-25 | Chief of 6th Branch, 1st Section, Operations Directorate, General Staff |
| 1940-05-21 | – | 1941-08-01 | First Deputy Head of Operations Directorate, General Staff |
| 1940-05-21 | – | 1941-08-01 | Chief of 1st Section, Operations Directorate, General Staff |
| 1941-08-01 | – | 1942-01-25 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| 1941-08-01 | – | 1942-01-25 | Head of Operations Directorate, General Staff |
| 1942-01-25 | – | 1942-06-26 | First Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| 1942-05-11 | – | 1942-06-26 | Acting Chief of the General Staff |
| 1942-06-26 | – | 1945-02-19 | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1942-10-15 | – | 1945-02-XX | Deputy People's Commissar of Defence |
| 1945-02-17 | – | 1945-XX-XX | Member of the High Command |
| 1945-02-20 | – | 1945-04-26 | Commander in Chief 3rd Belorussian Front |
| 1945-08-01 | – | 1945-10-01 | Commander in Chief Far Eastern Command |
| 1946-03-25 | – | 1948-11-12 | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1946-03-25 | – | 1948-12-XX | Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces |
| 1948-12-XX | – | 1949-03-24 | First Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces |
| 1949-03-24 | – | 1950-02-25 | Minister of the Armed Forces |
| 1950-02-25 | – | 1953-03-05 | Minister of War |
| 1953-03-05 | – | 1953-03-15 | First Deputy Minister of War |
| 1953-03-16 | – | 1956-03-15 | Deputy Minister of Defence |
| 1956-08-14 | – | 1957-11-XX | Deputy Minister of Defence |
| 1959-01-XX | – | 1977-12-05 | Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Minister of Defence |
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger