The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of Soviet Union Vasilii Ivanovich Chuikov

Chuikov, Vasilii Ivanovich

Marshal of Soviet Union

* 12th of February 1900

† 18th of March 1982

(Василий Иванович Чуйков)

Promotions

1938-02-17 Kombrig
1938-07-23 Komdiv
1939-02-09 Komdiv
1939-11-04 Komkor
1940-06-04 Lieutenant-General
1943-10-27 Colonel-General
1948-11-12 Army General
1955-03-11 Marshal of Soviet Union

Service

1932-11-XX –1936-12-XX Head of Advanced Training Course of Command Structure for Reconnaissance
1936-12-31 –1938-04-XX Commanding Officer 4th Mechanised Brigade
1938-04-03 –1938-07-23 Commanding Officer V Rifle Corps
1938-07-XX –1939-12-XX Commanding Officer Bobruisk Army Group of Forces
1939-09-15 –1940-12-03 Commanding Officer 4th Army, Poland
1940-12-XX –1942-03-XX Military Attaché to China
1942-05-XX –1942-XX-XX Commanding Officer 1st Reserve Army
1942-07-10 –1942-08-04 Commanding Officer 64th Army
1942-09-10 –1943-04-16 Commanding Officer 62nd Army
1943-04-17 –1943-10-18 Commanding Officer 8th Guards Army
1943-11-16 –1946-07-04 Commanding Officer 8th Guards Army
1945-07-09 –1946-06-XX Commanding Officer Soviet Military Administration, Thuringia [Germany]
1947-05-XX –1949-03-24 First Deputy Commander in Chief Soviet Group of Forces in Germany
1949-03-24 –1953-05-24 Commander in Chief Soviet Group of Forces in Germany
1949-03-XX –1949-11-XX Commander in Chief Soviet Military Administration in Germany
1949-11-XX –1953-05-XX Head of the Soviet Control Commission in Germany
1953-05-26 –1960-04-06 Commander in Chief Kiev Military District
1960-04-07 –1964-03-07 Commander in Chief of Ground Forces
1960-04-XX –1964-06-XX Deputy Minister of Defence
1961-08-25 –1972-07-XX Chief of Civil Defence
1972-07-XX –1982-03-18 Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence
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