Generals - Born On This Day. Add Your Own.

Born on this day 26th November were:

British Brigadier John Buchanan Adams in 1906
Soviet Lieutenant-General Dmitrii Andreevich Kupriianov in 1901
Soviet Major-General of Technical-Engineering Service Genrikh Aleksandrovich Leikin in 1888
Soviet Major-General of Tank Troops Georgii Stepanovich Sidorovich in 1903
Soviet Colonel-General Filipp Feodosevich Zhmachenko in 1895
US Major-General Maurice Rose in 1899
Yugoslav Brigadier-General Blažo M. Đukanović in 1883

Today we got one of the few US generals that became kia during the war.

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

Born on this day 27th November were:

Bulgarian General of Artillery Rusi Hristov Rusev in 1887
Japanese Lieutenant-General Masaharu Honma in 1887
Japanese General Jinsaburo Mazaki in 1876
Soviet Major-General Nikolai Ivanovich Dubinin in 1899
Soviet Colonel-General Nikolai Ivanovich Gusev in 1897
US Major-General Ralph Corbett Smith in 1893
US Lieutenant-General Richard Kerens Sutherland in 1893

Quite an interesting catch today with Honma and MacArthur's CoS, funny that those two were born on the same day. Otherwise it seems to be a VIP day with Rusev, Mazaki and Gusev.

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

Born on this day 28th November were:

Well at this moment I don't have any registered to having been born this day. However I am still missing a lot. So I guess you will just have to wait until next year.

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

(Steen Ammentorp @ Nov 29 2005, 02:56 AM) [post=42185]Born on this day 28th November were:

Well at this moment I don't have any registered to having been born this day. However I am still missing a lot. So I guess you will just have to wait until next year.

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II
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Thank you for your input Steen.

It is interesting to note those generals who may not have the high profiles as well as those who do.


Regards

Geoff

 

You are welcome.

Born on this day 29th November were:

Bulgarian Lieutenant-General Nikola Mihajlov Mihov in 1891
Soviet Major-General David Iosifovich Ortenberg in 1904
Soviet Lieutenant-General Kuzma Petrovich Podlas in 1893
US Major-General Charles Henry White in 1883

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

(Steen Ammentorp @ Nov 30 2005, 02:05 AM) [post=42253]You are welcome.

Born on this day 29th November were:

Bulgarian Lieutenant-General Nikola Mihajlov Mihov in 1891
Soviet Major-General David Iosifovich Ortenberg in 1904
Soviet Lieutenant-General Kuzma Petrovich Podlas in 1893
US Major-General Charles Henry White in 1883

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II
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An intriguing name is Soviet Major-General David Iosifovich Ortenberg

David & Ortenberg seem to me to be Hebrew (beloved) and German (town) respectively.

Do you have any further details on him?

 

This came from Steens site spidge:

Ortenberg
David Iosifovich, Major-General
(1904- )

1941 - 1943 - Chief Editor Red Army's newspaper Red Star
1943 - Political Commissar 6th Army
1943 - Political Commissar 11th Army
1944 - 1945 - Political Commissar 38th Army
1950 - Retired

 

(Gnomey @ Nov 30 2005, 10:24 PM) [post=42304]This came from Steens site spidge:

Ortenberg
David Iosifovich, Major-General
(1904- )

1941 - 1943 - Chief Editor Red Army's newspaper Red Star
1943 - Political Commissar 6th Army
1943 - Political Commissar 11th Army
1944 - 1945 - Political Commissar 38th Army
1950 - Retired
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Thanks Gnomey.

I had seen his run down of positions however the name intrigued me and I was looking for a bit of personal family history if it was available.

 

Geoff,

I am current in the process of adding new in formation on the Soviet generals but I haven't reach Ortenberg yet. However I can't provide much further information on the fellow's family history beside the obvious that his father's name was Iosif.

You can find Ortenberg's wartime memoirs online at
http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/ortenberg_di1/
http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/ortenberg_di2/
http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/ortenberg_di3/

Which of course is in Russian but with the help of several online translators and a good online dictionary, you will get some inside of the person.

Beside this I have discovered that he died in 2002, and here you can read an article on perhaps his last visit to the 'Red Star' in 2000 http://www.redstar.ru/2001/08/11_08/4_02.html there is also a photo of him.

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Steen Ammentorp
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Born on this day 30th November were:

Soviet Colonel-General Vassili Nikolaevich Gordov in 1896
Soviet Kombrig Nikolai Fedorovich Guskov in 1892
Soviet Major-General Nikolai Kuzmich Kirillov in 1895
Soviet Colonel-General of Tank Troops Andrei Grigorevich Kravchenko in 1899
US Major-General Elwyn Donald Post in 1899
US Major-General Josef Robert Sheetz in 1895
Yugoslav Brigadier-General Panta M. Drackić in 1881

Amazingly THREE!! Who suffered in the hands of Stalin's regime and two of them with their lives.

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

(Steen Ammentorp @ Dec 1 2005, 01:32 AM) [post=42313]Geoff,

I am current in the process of adding new in formation on the Soviet generals but I haven't reach Ortenberg yet. However I can't provide much further information on the fellow's family history beside the obvious that his father's name was Iosif.

You can find Ortenberg's wartime memoirs online at
http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/ortenberg_di1/
http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/ortenberg_di2/
http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/ortenberg_di3/

Which of course is in Russian but with the help of several online translators and a good online dictionary, you will get some inside of the person.

Beside this I have discovered that he died in 2002, and here you can read an article on perhaps his last visit to the 'Red Star' in 2000 http://www.redstar.ru/2001/08/11_08/4_02.html there is also a photo of him.

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II
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Great repsonse. Thank you Steen.

 

Born on this day 1st December were:

Soviet Major-General Nauma Isaakevich Eitingon in 1899
Soviet Major-General Nikolai Ivanovich Pliusnin in 1891
US Brigadier-General Francis W. Rollins in 1893

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Steen Ammentorp
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Major General
Robert B. Landry

December 1, 1909 - July 14, 2000

regards
MG

 

(Colonel Gubbins @ Dec 2 2005, 01:30 AM) [post=42375]Major General
Robert B. Landry
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Was Landry (USAAF) a general during the war? I thought that he didn't become a general until after the war?

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

Firstly I have a correction about the above mentioned Soviet Major-General Dmitrii Nikolaevich Nadeshnyi in 1873. His name should be transliterated Nadezhnyi and he was born on 25th October 1873 and not 25th November. Beside this his final rank was Lieutenant-General and he didn't retire until the winter 1941/1942. More on him in the next update of my database. I will make a notification.

Born on this day 2nd December were:

Soviet Marshal of Soviet Union Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramian in 1897
Soviet Marshal of Soviet Union Georgii Konstantinovich Zhukov in 1896
US Brigadier-General Theron DeWitt Weaver in 1892
Yugoslav Brigadier-General Đorđe S. Glišić in 1887

So two Soviet marshals today.

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Steen Ammentorp
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(Steen Ammentorp @ Dec 3 2005, 02:25 AM) [post=42452](Colonel Gubbins @ Dec 2 2005, 01:30 AM) [post=42375]Major General
Robert B. Landry
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Was Landry (USAAF) a general during the war? I though that he didn't become a general until after the war?

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II
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You are correct Steen.

Taken from...... http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hstpaper/landryhst.htm


1909 (December 1) Born, New Orleans, Louisiana
1932 Graduated from U.S. Military Academy and commissioned as Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army.
1935 Became pilot in U.S. Army Air Corps.
1942-1945 Served with Eighth U.S. Air Force in Great Britain during World War II, and awarded Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal, among other decorations.
1948-1953 Served as first U.S. Air Force Aide to the President, and promoted from rank of Colonel to Major General.
1962 Retired from U.S. Air Force with rank of Major General.
2000 (July 14) Died, Scottsdale, Arizona

 

Born on this day 3rd December were:

Bulgarian Major-General Georgi Hristov Ivanov in 1894
Japanese Field Marshal Naruhiko Prince Higashikuni in 1887
Soviet Lieutenant-General of Technical-Engineering Service Anatolii Sergeevich Aleksandrov in 1899
Soviet Lieutenant-General Mikhail Aleksandrovich Enshin in 1900
Soviet Colonel-General Ivan Tikhonovich Grishin in 1901
Soviet Major-General of Tank Troops Vladimir Konstantinovich Maksimov in 1899
Soviet Colonel-General of Tank-Engineering Service Viacheslav Aleksandrovich Malyshev in 1902
US General Walton Harris Walker in 1889

So Japan last Prime Minister of the war was born on this day.

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

 

Nigel Marlin Balchin 1908 - 1970 worked in the Personnel Department of the War Office in WW2 and was also Deputy Scientific Adviser to Army Council. Rose to the rank of Brigadier General.
Regards
MG

 

Hi folks -
How about:
Generalissimo Franco Born 4th December 1892. - ran Spain!
General Von Witzleben Born 4th December 1881 - tried to overthrow Hitler

Just a couple to keep you all going.
Regards
MG

 

Born on this day 4th December were:

Soviet Major-General Mikhail Petrovich Garuskii in 1894
Soviet Lieutenant-General of Artillery Nikolai Aleksandrovich Klich in 1895
US Major-General Walter Lawrence Reed in 1877
US Major-General Wayne Carleton Smith in 1901
Yugoslav Brigadier-General Borisav V. Golubović in 1884

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Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II