Generals - Born On This Day. Add Your Own.

Born on this day the 20th January were

British Brigadier Reginald Wood Andrews in 1897
Soviet Lieutenant-General Anatolii Iosiforovich Andreev in 1900
Soviet Major-General Ivan Pavlovich Krupennikov in 1896

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Born yesterday the 21st January were

Estonian/Soviet Major-General August A. Kasekamp in 1889
Japanese General Itagaki Seishiro in 1885
Soviet Lieutenant-General Ivan Iosifovich Semenov in 1901
US Brigadier-General John Paul Ratay in 1893

Born on this day the 22nd January were

Bulgarian Major-General Asen Krstev Daskalov in 1891
Bulgarian Major-General Ignat Talniianski Iliev in 1889
Soviet Major-General of Tank Troops Azii Agadovich Aslanov in 1910
Soviet Lieutenant-General Pavel Ivanovich Bodin in 1900
US Brigadier-General Joseph Burton Sweet in 1892
US Brigadier-General Ludson Dixon Worsham in 1891


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Steen Ammentorp
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My apologies for the delay in this thread however I have had a busy week. So this is a long post catching up.

Born on the 23rd January were

US Brigadier-General Morrill Ross in 1895
US Major-General Truman Casper Thorson in 1895
US Brigadier-General Joseph Peter Vachon in 1887

Born on the 24th January were

British Brigadier Wesley Guard Smith in 1901
Japanese General Shirakawa Yoshinori in 1869
Yugoslav Major-General Nikola Lj. Hristić in 1884

Born on the 25th January were

Bulgarian Major-General Stanimir Khristov Gyrnev in 1895
Japanese Lieutenant-General Kashii Kohei in 1881
Soviet Major-General Iakub Kulievich Kuliev in 1900
Soviet Colonel-General Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis in 1889
Soviet Major-General Sabir Umar-Ogly Rakhimov in 1902
Soviet Major-General of Medical Services Aleksandr Naumovich Sokolov in 1903
Soviet Major-General Grigorii Nikitin Zhukov in 1902
US Major-General Vernon Edwin Prichard in 1892
US Brigadier-General George Redfield Spalding in 1877
Yugoslav Major-General Sava Kovacević in 1905

Born on the 26th January were

British Brigadier Hubert Gervais Lennox Brian in 1901
Japanese Lieutenant-General Banzai Kazuyoshi in 1892
Soviet Major-General Arkadii Aleksandrovich Boreiko in 1898
Soviet Lieutenant-General Aleksei Ilich Danilov in 1897
Soviet Lieutenant-General Vitalii Sergeevich Polenov in 1901
US Major-General Patrick Henry Tansey in 1894

Born on the 27th January were

Soviet Lieutenant-General Nikifor Timofeevich Kalchenko in 1906
Soviet Lieutenant-General of Medical Services Petr Andreevich Kupriianov in 1893
Soviet Lieutenant-General Mikhail Maksimovich Myzykin in 1905
Soviet Major-General of Tank Troops Vasilii Pavlovich Puganov in 1901

Born on the 28th January were

Bulgarian Lieutenant-General Nikola Nikolov Hadzhipetkov in 1891
Soviet Major-General of Artillery Karapet Vardanovich Akhnazarian in 1894
Soviet Lieutenant-General Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov in 1897
Soviet Major-General Anatolii Markianovich Morozov in 1895
US Major-General John Piper Smith in 1883

Born on the 29th January were

Croatian General Dusan Palcic in 1881
Lithuanian General Pranas Liatukas in 1876
Soviet Major-General Mikhail Mikhailovich Busarev in 1900
Soviet Lieutenant-General Vasilii Akimovich Gorishnii in 1903
Soviet Major-General of Medical Services Mikhail Ivanovich Nemenov in 1880

Born yesterday on the 30th January were

Bulgarian Major-General Nikola Khristov Boev in 1895
Latvian/Soviet General Jānis Liepiņš in 1892
Soviet Lieutenant-General of Artillery Grigorii Vasilevich Godin in 1902
Soviet Major-General Ivan Aleksandrovich Gorbachev in 1898
Soviet Major-General Andrei Ivanovich Prituzov in 1895

Born on this day the 31st January were

Soviet Major-General of Artillery-Engineering Service Amaiak Nikolaevich Akhnazarov in 1898
Soviet Army General Afanasii Pawlantevich Beloborodov in 1903
Soviet Major-General of Quartermaster Service Otto Genrikhovich Grossbarts in 1895
Soviet Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Trofim Ivanovich Tanaschishin in 1903
US Major-General John Emmet Sloan 1887
US Brigadier-General Ljubivoje J. Blagojević in 1891

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

Born on this day the 1st February were

Soviet Major-General Timofei Gavrilovich Korneev in 1898
Soviet Major-General of Quartermaster Service Ivan Timofeevich Kurekhin in 1898
Soviet Lieutenant-General Trifon Ivanovich Shevaldin in 1888
Soviet Major-General of Artillery Ionas Vintsas Zhilis in 1898
US Brigadier-General Robert Ignatius Stack in 1896

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The Generals of World War II

 

Born yesterday the 2nd February were

Soviet Major-General Georgii Andreevich Burichenkov in 1894
Soviet Colonel-General Ivan Terentevich Korovnikov in 1902

Born on this day the 3rd February were

British Brigadier Bernard Charles Hamilton Gerty in 1900
Italian Lieutenant-General Giacomo Appiotti in 1873
Soviet Major-General Fedor Nikolaevich Romanov in 1900

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

Born on this day the 4th February were

Soviet Colonel-General of Signal Troops Nikolai Demianovich Psurtsev in 1900
Soviet Marshal of Soviet Union Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov in 1881

Two quit important Soviet characters today.

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Born on this day the 5th February were

Soviet Major-General Mikhail Ivanovich Kucheriavenko in 1904
US Brigadier-General Robert Heber Van Volkenburgh in 1890

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Born yesterday the 6th February were

Bulgarian Major-General Boris Ivanov Dimitrov in 1896
Soviet Lieutenant-General Fedor Petrovich Ozerov in 1899
Soviet Marshal of Soviet Union Semen Konstantinovich Timoshenko in 1895
US Lieutenant-General Edward Thomas Williams in 1901
Yugoslav Major-General Aleksandar R. Dimitrijević in 1884

Born on this day the 7th February were

Japanese Major-General Arisue Yadoru in 1897
Soviet Lieutenant-General of Technical Troops Nikolai Vladimirovich Borisov in 1897
Soviet Major-General Lev Mikhailovich Dovator in 1903
Soviet Colonel-General of Artillery Ivan Fedorovich Sanko in 1903
US Brigadier-General John Andrews Rogers in 1889
US Major-General Howard McCrum Snyder in 1881
US Major-General Innis Palmer Swift in 1882

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

Born on the 8th Frebruary were

Soviet Lieutenant-General Vasilii Ivanovich Morozov in 1897
US Major-General Ira Platt Swift in 1898
US Brigadier-General Orlen Nelson Thompson in 1894

Born on the 9th Frebruary were

Soviet Colonel-General of Engineering Troops Ivan Pavlovich Galitskii in 1897
Soviet Major-General Aleksei Nikolaevich Melnikov in 1905
Soviet Lieutenant-General Nikolai Osipovich Pavlovskii in 1903
Soviet Colonel-General Vasilii Ivanovich Vinogradov in 1895
US Major-General Roscoe Barnett Woodruff in 1891

Born yesterday the 10th February were

French General Gaston-Henri-Gustave Billotte in 1875
Soviet Colonel-General Vladimir Nikolaevich Komarov in 1904
US Major-General Robert Homer Soule in 1900
US Brigadier-General John Harry Jr. Stadler in 1903
US Major-General George Lane Van Deusen in 1888

Born on this day the 11th February were

Japanese Lieutenant-General Ando Kisaburo in 1879
Soviet Major-General Aleksei Ivanovich Gotovtsev in 1883
Soviet Major-General Georgii Petrovich Isakov in 1896
Soviet Major-General Vladis Antonovich Karvelis in 1902
Soviet Lieutenant-General Petr Stepanovich Pshennikov in 1895
Yugoslav Brigadier-General Čedomir Ž. Dunjić in 1881

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

Born on this day the 12th February were

Bulgarian Major-General Ivan Iordanov Hubenov in 1894
Soviet Lieutenant-General Mikhail Ivanovich Glukhov in 1895
Soviet Major-General of Quartermaster Service Aleksei Illarionovich Kirichenko in 1908
Soviet Major-General Aleksei Efimovich Kleshchev in 1905
Soviet Major-General of Tank Troops Grigorii Sergeevich Rudchenko in 1900
Soviet Major-General Artak Armenakovich Vartanian in 1889

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Steen Ammentorp
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Born yesterday the 13th February were

Belgian Lieutenant-General W.E. Coppens in 1883
Soviet Lieutenant-General Fedor Vasilevich Kamkov in 1898
Soviet Colonel-General Prokofii Logvinovich Romanenko in 1897
Soviet Lieutenant-General Ernest Zhanovich Sedulin in 1898
US Lieutenant-General Eugene Reybold in 1884

Born on this day the 14th February were

Soviet Major-General Semen Mikhailovich Kondrusev in 1891
US Brigadier-General George Arthur Taylor in 1899


Btw. if anybody got the first names of the Belgian general I would appreciate it very much.

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

Born on this day the 15th February were

Soviet Major-General Sergei Antonovich Bobruk in 1901

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Born on this day the 16th February were

Belgian Major-General A.J.P. Lesaffre in 1882
Soviet Colonel-General Vasilii Aleksandrovich Iushkevich in 1897
Soviet Major-General of Medical Services Fedor Grigorevich Krotkov in 1896
Yugoslav Brigadier-General Dušan M. Dodić in 1884

 

Born on this day the 16th Febuary were:

Born on this day the 16th February were

Belgian Major-General A.J.P. Lesaffre in 1882
Soviet Colonel-General Vasilii Aleksandrovich Iushkevich in 1897
Soviet Major-General of Medical Services Fedor Grigorevich Krotkov in 1896
Yugoslav Brigadier-General Dušan M. Dodić in 1884

 

Born on this day the 16th February were

Belgian Major-General A.J.P. Lesaffre in 1882
Soviet Colonel-General Vasilii Aleksandrovich Iushkevich in 1897
Soviet Major-General of Medical Services Fedor Grigorevich Krotkov in 1896
Yugoslav Brigadier-General Dušan M. Dodić in 1884

 

Born on this day the 17th February were

Soviet Major-General Pavel Grigorevich Egorov in 1896
Soviet Major-General of Artillery Petr Ivanovich Kosenko in 1902
Soviet Major-General Fedor Kuzmich Kuzmin in 1896
Soviet Lieutenant-General Aleksei Mikhailovich Pronin in 1899
Soviet Colonel-General of Tank Troops Aleksei Grigorevich Rodin in 1902
Soviet Lieutenant-General Nikolai Pavlovich Simoniak in 1901

 

Born on this day the 18th February were:

Soviet Chief Marshal of Tank Forces Amazasp Khachaturovich Babadzhanian in 1906
Soviet Colonel-General Pavel Alekseevich Belov in 1897
Soviet Major-General Kuzma Evdokimovich Grebennik in 1900
Soviet Major-General of Quartermaster Service Arkhip Ivanovich Kolpakov
Sovet Marshal of Engineering Troops Aleksei Ivanovich Proshliakov in 1901
Yugoslav Brigadier-General Pavle M. Barjaktarević in 1891

A bunch of high ranking Soviets this day.

I am away for the next week - so see you all in a week.

 

Bringing the thread up-to-date.

Born on the 19th February were:

Bulgarian Major-General Georgi Nikolov Genev in 1892
Soviet Major-General Vasilii Grigorevich Klementev in 1888
Soviet Colonel-General Fedor Fedorovich Kuznetsov in 1904
Sovet Lieutenant-General Nikifor Vasilevich Medvedev in 1888

Born on the 20th February were:

Bulgarian Major-General Petar Dimitrov Karov in 1891
French General Jean-Joseph-Guillaume Barrau in 1882
Italian Lieutenant-General Fidenzio Dall'Ora in 1879
Soviet Major-General of Tank-Engineering Service Iurii Aleksandrovich Stepanov in 1900

Born on the 21s February were:

Italian General Guglielmo Nasi in 1879
Japanese General Anami Korechika in 1887
Soviet Lieutenant-General Petr Semenovich Klenov in 1894
Soviet Lieutenant-General Timofei Timofeevich Shapkin in 1885

Born on the 22nd February were:

Belgian Lieutenant-General A.C.A.J. Van Spang in 1889
Soviet Marshal of Soviet Union Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov in 1896
Soviet Major-General Afanasii Vasilevich Lapshov in 1893
Soviet Major-General of Engineering Troops Ivan Ivanovich Malygin in 1901
Soviet Kombrig Aleksandr Andreevich Neborak in 1895
Soviet/Polish Lieutenant-General Karol Karlovich Sverchevskii in 1897
US Brigadier-General Rollin Larrabee Tilton in 1888
US Brigadier-General John Henry Woodberry in 1889
Yugoslav General Bogoljub S. Ilić in 1881

Born on the 23rd February were:

British Brigadier Martin Louis Alan Gompertz in 1886
Soviet Lieutenant-General Aleksei Romanovich Grechko in 1900
Soviet Lieutenant-General Ivan Semenovich Liubii in 1903
Soviet Lieutenant-General Dmitrii Ivanovich Riabyshev in 1894
Soviet Major-General Dmitrii Filippovich Sobolev in 1903
Soviet Lieutenant-General Dmitrii Sergeevich Zherebin in 1906
US Major-General Julian Larcombe Schley in 1880
US Major-General John Elliott Wood in 1891

Born on the 24th February were:

Belgian Major-General R.J.L. Paret in 1886
Soviet Colonel-General Ivan Grigorevich Pavlovskii in 1909
US Brigadier-General Robert Howard Wylie in 1899

Born on the 25th February were:

French General Charles-Marie Condé in 1876
British Brigadier John Frederick Adye in 1900
Soviet Major-General Taras Pavlovich Gorobets in 1901
Soviet Major-General Ilia Nasunovich Katsnelson in 1903
Soviet Colonel-General Konstantin Apolinovich Koroteev in 1901
US Brigadier-General Guy Ichabod Rode in 1886
US Major-General William Edgar Sheed in 1885
Yugoslav Major-General Duśan V. Božić in 1885

Born on the 26th February were:

Belgian Lieutenant-General Victor-Cyrille Michem in 1883
British Brigadier Reginald John Kirton in 1904
Bulgarian Lieutenant-General Nikola Hristov Hristov in 1891
Canadian Brigadier Earl Ritchie Suttie in 1909
Soviet Colonel-General Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhadanov in 1896
US Major-General Whitfield Putman Shepard in 1894

Born yesterday on the 27th February were:

Estonian/Soviet Major-General Jaan Kruus in 1884
Soviet Lieutenant-General Bagrat Isaakovich Arushanian in 1903
Soviet Lieutenant-General Iakud Dzhangarovich Chanyshev in 1892
Soviet Lieutenant-General Vasilii Emelianovich Makarov in 1903
Soviet Major-General Aleksei Nikolaevich Nikolaevich in 1904
Soviet Major-General Semen Vasilevich Rudnev in 1899

Born on this day the 28th February were:

Soviet Lieutenant-General Vasilii Romanovich Boiko in 1907
Soviet Major-General of Tank Troops Vasilii Mikhailovich Dragun in 1898
Soviet Lieutenant-General Grigorii Vasilevich Revunenkov in 1899
Soviet Major-General Timofei Frolovich Vorontsov in 1907
US Lieutenant-General Joseph May Swing in 1894

 

Born on this day 1st March were:

British Brigadier Robert Guy Loder-Symonds in 1913
Soviet Colonel-General Bogdan Zakharovich Kobulov in 1904
Yugoslav General Božin J. Hadži-Ilić in 1882

 

Born on this day 2nd March were:

British Brigadier Edward Johnson Ross in 1884
Soviet Lieutenant-General Aleksei Alekseevich Ignatev in 1877
US Brigadier-General Thomas Harry Ramsey in 1895
US Brigadier-General George Foreman Rixey
US Brigadier-General Edwin Luther Sibert in 1897