The unit under his command, the 5th Guards Tank Army engaged in a brutal tank battle near Prokhorovka against the attacking Waffen SS divisions Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Das Reich and Totenkopf almost in a point-blank range of 100–200 meters. He commanded 5th Guards Tank Army in the Battle of Prokhorovka during the Battle of Kursk, and in Operation Bagration. After several successful battles in the summer of 1942 he was sent to Stalingrad to be part of the 1st Guards Army. He then commanded 8th tank brigade which was transferred to Kalinin front during the Battle of Moscow. He started the war against Germany with the 3rd Mechanised Corps, which was destroyed during Operation Barbarossa. Rotmistrov commanded his first tank battalion during the Soviet-Finish war. In May 1941 he became Chief of Staff of the 3rd Mechanised Corps. From 1937 to 1940 he was an instructor at the Moscow Higher Military Academy. In 1928 he entered Frunze Military Academy. He commanded a platoon and later rifle company in 31st Rifle Regiment of 11th Rifle Division. Rotmistrov joined the Red Army in 1919, and served during the Russian Civil War, during which he was involved in the suppression of the Kronstadt Rebellion and in the Polish Soviet War. Rotmistrov became the first Marshal of the Soviet armoured troops. He fought from the first days and was present in every major Soviet battle including Battle of Moscow, Battle of Stalingrad and for leading the 5th Guards Tank Army at the Battle of Prokhorovka at the Battle of Kursk. Deputy Commander of the mechanized forces of the Group of Soviet Forces in GermanyĪssistant Minister of Defense of the Soviet UnionĬhief marshal of the armored troops Pavel Alexeyevich Rotmistrov ( Russian: Павел Алексеевич Ротмистров 6 July 1901 in Skovorovo – 6 April 1982) was a Soviet military commander of armoured troops in the Red Army during and following World War II.
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