The highest-ranking Russian officer killed in Ukraine as of July 2023 in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Lieutenant General Oleg Zokov was killed near the Russian-controlled port city of Berdyansk in the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine. Lieutenant General Oleg Zokov was killed in a missile attack on a hotel in the Russian-occupied city of Berdyansk on Monday night.
Oleg Yuryevich Zokov is a lieutenant general in the Russian Army who served as deputy commander of the Southern Military District. Zokov has been the commander of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division since August 2022. He attained the rank of lieutenant general earlier this year.
Russia lost several senior officers and generals in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. According to independent Russian news media, since the full-scale outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, as of June 2, at least 4 Russian generals, 58 colonels and 176 lieutenant colonels have been killed in the battle, including Major General Kanamaat Botashev, Major General Vladimir Frolov, Major General Roman Kutuzov and Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky. I feel that if I continue to fight like this, there may be more and more high-level generals who are sacrificed, and I don't know if there is any good way to replenish it.
Zhang Zizhong, the highest general who died in the Anti-Japanese War, was also the highest ranking soldier killed in World War II
Second-class general of the Republic of China Army, originally a general of the Northwest Military Department, was reorganized by the central government after the Great War of the Central Plains, and participated in the Linyi Defense War, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Suijube and the Battle of Zaoyi, etc., in the Battle of Zaoyi, he died heroically and sacrificed his life for the country. He was only 49 years old.
After the Battle of Zaoyi, the Chinese War of Resistance entered the most dangerous and difficult period. The Nationalist government lost the rich grain-producing region of the Jianghan Plain in northern Hubei and western Hubei, while the Japanese army established a forward base in Yichang, from where it bombed Chongqing and other large rear areas.
The Battle of Zaoyi lasted nearly two months, and the Japanese achieved their initial tactical objective, claiming to have killed 63,127 Chinese soldiers and captured 4,797 in the battle. They captured 11 field guns, 12 mountain guns, 2 machine guns and 53 mortars and other major trophies. It can be seen that our artillery fire at that time was indeed a serious substandard, so many troops only had so little artillery. No wonder we're still a little bit of a firepower phobia. It's really bullied, sooner or later we will get the field back!