Pavel Rybalko
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| Pavel S. Rybalko | |
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| 1892-1948 | |
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| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Rank | Marshal of the Soviet Union |
| Commands | 20th Cavalry Division 3rd Tank Army 57th Army 3rd Guards Tank Army |
| Battles/wars | Lvov-Sandomierz Operation Vistula Oder Operation Upper Silesian Operation Battle of Berlin Prague Operation |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Other work | Commander of Armoured Forces of the Red Army |
Marshal of the Armoured Troops Pavel Semjonovich Rybalko (1892 – 1948) (Russian: Павел Семенович Рыбалко) was a commander of armoured troops in the Red Army during and following World War II.
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[edit] Pre-War
Pavel Rybalko served in the Russian and then the Soviet Army from 1914. He served during the World War I as a soldier, as an assistant of commander of the partisan squadron during the Russian Civil War and as a cavalry commander and a commander and instructor during the Polish-Soviet War. In 1937-1940 he was a military attache to Poland and China.
[edit] Great Patriotic War
His most notable command was 3rd Guards Tank Army which he commanded during the Ostrogozhsk-Rossosh Operation, Lvov-Sandomierz Operation, Vistula Oder Operation, the Battle of Berlin, and the Prague Operation.
[edit] Post-War
Following the war he became commander of the mechanized forces of Red Army.
[edit] External links
- (English) Biography on Generals.dk
- (Russian) Biography
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