The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Aleksei Dmitrievich Vitoshkin

Vitoshkin, Aleksei Dmitrievich

Major-General

* 30th of March 1898

† 20th of November 1983

(Алексей Дмитриевич Витошкин)

Promotions

1943-12-20 Major-General

Service

1935-03-XX 1938-03-XX Commanding Officer 119th Cavalry Regiment
1938-03-XX 1938-08-XX Commanding Officer 153rd Cavalry Regiment
1938-08-XX 1939-07-XX Attending Novocherkassk Cavalry Commanders Advanced Training Course
1939-07-XX 1941-04-01 Commanding Officer 153rd Cavalry Regiment
1941-04-01 1941-09-18 Deputy Commanding Officer 225th Motorised Rifle Division
1941-09-18 1942-07-04 Commanding Officer 374th Rifle Division
1942-07-10 1943-06-10 Commanding Officer 382nd Rifle Division
1943-07-XX 1944-02-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1944-02-XX 1944-05-04 Commanding Officer 44th Reserve Rifle Brigade
1944-05-04 1945-10-XX Commanding Officer 44th Reserve Rifle Division
1945-10-XX 1946-07-XX Chief of Combat & Physical Training Section, Ural Military District
1946-07-XX 1947-03-XX Commanding Officer 4th Separate Rifle Brigade
1947-03-XX 1948-05-XX Commanding Officer 23rd Separate Rifle Brigade
1948-05-XX 1949-05-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 36th Separate Rifle Brigade
1949-05-XX 1953-11-19 Chief of Combat & Physical Training Section, Far Eastern Military District
1953-11-19 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko