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Dmitry Grigoryevich Pavlov ((ロシア語:Дми́трий Григо́рьевич Па́влов); October 23, 1897July 22, 1941) was a Soviet general who commanded the key Soviet Western Front during the initial stage of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation ''Barbarossa'') in June 1941. After his forces were heavily defeated within the first few days of the campaign, he was relieved of his command, arrested, charged with military incompetence and executed.〔Michael Parrish, ''The Lesser Terror: Soviet State Security, 1939-1953'', Praeger/Greenwood, 1996. 〕 He was exonerated or, in Soviet parlance, rehabilitated in 1956.〔 == Military career == Pavlov was a veteran of the First World War, as well as the Russian Civil War, serving in the Red Army since 1919. He graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1928. He then commanded various mechanised and cavalry units. As one of the Soviet military advisers, in 1936-37 he took part in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side (using the nom de guerre ''Pablo''〔Beevor, Antony. ''The Spanish Civil War.'' p. 123. ISBN 0-911745-11-4〕) and commanded a brigade of Soviet tanks, for which he was made a Hero of the Soviet Union. In contrast to many other officers who took part in that war, he was not purged after his return to the Soviet Union,〔Constantine Pleshakov, ''Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of World War II on the Eastern Front'', Houghton Mifflin Books, 2005. Relevant page available from Google Book Search: (Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten ... - Google Book Search ) at books.google.ca 〕 and was made the Head of the Directorate of Tank and Armoured Car Troops of the Red Army which gave him considerable influence on its development. In particular he insisted that tanks be shifted to infantry support roles,〔Joseph Page and Tim Bean, ''Russian Tanks of World War II'', Zenith Imprint, 2002, Relevant page available via Google Book Search: (), (Russian Tanks of World War II ... - Google Book Search ) at books.google.ca〕 which in hindsight turned out to be incorrect. He participated in the Winter War, as well as the border clashes with Japan. In 1940, Pavlov became the commander of the Western (Belorussian) Special Military District, which became the Soviet Western Front bearing the brunt of German attack during Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. On February 22, 1941, he was one of the first Soviet generals to receive the new rank of General of the Army, inferior only to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dmitry Pavlov (general)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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