About Adolfas Urbšas
Lived 1900 – 1973 (aged 72). Adolfas Urbšas was a Lithuanian military personnel.
Adolfas Urbšas (18 August 1900 – 19 May 1973) was an officer in the Lithuanian Army and then the Red Army, rising eventually to the rank of major general.
Educated at the Kaunas War School and courses for offices of the general staff, Urbšas was promoted to colonel and assigned as chief of staff of the Lithuanian 3rd Infantry Division in 1938. After the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in 1940, he joined the Red Army. He was assigned as chief of staff of the 16th "Lithuanian" Rifle Division in April 1943 and its commanding officer in September 1944. After the war, he worked as an instructor at the Vystrel course.
Biography In the Lithuanian Army Urbšas was mobilized into the Lithuanian Army in November 1920 just after the Żeligowski's Mutiny.
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Who was Adolfas Urbšas?
Lithuanian Army officer (1900-1973)
When was Adolfas Urbšas born?
Adolfas Urbšas was born on 20 August 1900 in Kirdonys.
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Adolfas Urbšas died on 19 May 1973 in Kaunas.
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Adolfas Urbšas was a military personnel.
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Adolfas Urbšas was Lithuanian.
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