The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of Soviet Union Semen Konstantinovich Timoshenko

Timoshenko, Semen Konstantinovich

Marshal of Soviet Union

* 6th of February 1895

† 21st of March 1970

(Семен Константинович Тимошенко)

Promotions

1935-11-20 Komkor
1937-07-28 Komandarm 2nd Rank
1939-02-08 Komandarm 1st Rank
1940-05-07 Marshal of Soviet Union

Service

1918-11-XX 1919-11-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Separate Cavalry Brigade
1919-11-XX 1920-08-XX Commanding Officer 6th Cavalry Division
1920-08-XX 1921-10-XX Commanding Officer 4th Cavalry Division
1924-08-XX 1925-01-XX Commandant of 5th Zinovevsk Cavalry School
1925-01-XX 1930-02-XX Commanding Officer III Cavalry Corps
1930-02-XX 1933-08-XX Commanding Officer VI Cavalry Corps
1933-08-XX 1935-09-XX Deputy Commander in Chief Belorussian Military District
1935-09-XX 1937-06-XX Deputy Commander in Chief Kiev Military District
1936-06-XX 1937-07-XX Inspector of Cavalry, Kiev Military District
1937-07-XX 1937-09-XX Commander in Chief Northern Caucasian Military District
1937-09-XX 1938-02-XX Commander in Chief Kharkov Military District
1938-02-XX 1940-05-XX Commander in Chief Kiev Special Military District
1939-06-09 1940-07-24 Member of the Supreme Military Council of the Red Army
1939-09-26 1939-11-14 Commander in Chief Ukrainian Front [Poland]
1940-01-07 1940-03-26 Commander in Chief Northwestern Front [Finland]
1940-05-07 1941-07-19 People’s Commissar of Defence
1940-07-24 1941-06-23 Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of the Red Army
1941-06-23 1941-07-10 Chairman of the High Command
1941-07-02 1941-07-19 Commander in Chief Western Front
1941-07-10 1941-08-08 Member of the High Command
1941-07-10 1941-09-10 Commander in Chief Western Theatre
1941-07-19 1943-05-20 Deputy People’s Commissar of Defence
1941-07-30 1941-09-12 Commander in Chief Western Front
1941-08-08 1945-12-17 Member of the High Command
1941-09-16 1942-06-23 Commander in Chief Southwestern Theatre
1941-09-30 1941-12-18 Commander in Chief Southwestern Front
1942-04-08 1942-07-12 Commander in Chief Southwestern Front
1942-07-12 1942-07-23 Commander in Chief Stalingrad Front
1942-10-05 1943-03-14 Commander in Chief Northwestern Front
1943-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Chairman of the High Command
1945-XX-XX 1946-02-04 Commander in Chief Baranovichi Military District
1946-01-29 1946-03-XX Commander in Chief Belorussian Military District
1946-06-06 1949-03-XX Commander in Chief Southern Ural Military District
1949-03-XX 1960-04-18 Commander in Chief Belorussian Military District
1960-04-XX 1970-03-31 Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger