The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Army General Sergei Matveevich Shtemenko

Shtemenko, Sergei Matveevich

Army General

* 20th of February 1907

† 23rd of April 1976

(Сергей Матвеевич Штеменко)

Promotions

1942-11-23 Major-General
1943-04-04 Lieutenant-General
1943-11-17 Colonel-General
1948-11-12 Army General
1953-08-XX Demoted to Lieutenant-General
1956-11-26 Colonel-General
1968-02-22 Army General

Service

1940-XX-XX 1941-08-XX Assistant Head of ? Department, General Staff
1941-08-XX 1942-06-XX Deputy Head of Directorate of Near East Operations, General Staff
1942-06-XX 1943-04-XX Head of Directorate of Near East Operations, General Staff
1943-04-XX 1943-05-XX Deputy Head of Operations Directorate, General Staff
1943-04-02 1946-03-23 Head of Operations Directorate, General Staff
1946-03-23 1948-11-11 Head of Main Operations Directorate, General Staff
1946-06-XX 1948-11-12 Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1948-11-12 1952-06-17 Chief of the General Staff
1948-11-12 1950-02-XX Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces
1950-02-XX 1952-06-17 Deputy Minister of War
1952-06-17 1956-03-16 First Deputy Commander in Chief Soviet Group of Forces in Germany
1952-06-17 1956-03-16 Chief of Staff, Soviet Group of Forces in Germany
1953-03-16 1953-07-15 First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1953-11-10 1956-01-03 First Deputy Commander in Chief Western Siberian Military District
1953-11-10 1956-01-03 Chief of Staff, Western Siberian Military District
1956-01-04 1956-08-31 First Deputy Commander in Chief Siberian Military District
1956-01-04 1956-08-31 Chief of Staff, Siberian Military District
1956-08-31 1957-10-26 Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Intelligence
1956-08-31 1957-10-26 Head of Main Intelligence Directorate GRU, General Staff
1958-05-08 1961-06-05 First Deputy Commander in Chief Volga Military District
1961-06-05 1962-07-06 First Deputy Commander in Chief Transcaucasian Military District
1962-07-06 1964-04-14 Chief of Main Staff, Ground Forces
1964-04-XX 1968-08-XX Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1964-04-14 1968-08-03 Head of Main Organisation & Mobilisation Directorate, General Staff
1968-08-03 1976-04-23 First Deputy Commander in Chief of the Warsaw Pact Forces
1968-08-03 1976-04-23 Chief of Staff, Warsaw Pact Forces
1968-08-XX 1976-04-23 First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
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