Military

Explore notable people associated with Military: military careers, key missions, historical events and the consequences of their decisions.

Mata Hari
Mata Hari
Netherlands
Spy dancer
Friedrich Wilhelm Kruger
Friedrich Wilhelm Kruger
Austria
German Nazi, high-ranking member of the SA and SS
German Bem
German Bem
Germany
Admiral of the German Navy, commander of the Norway flotilla.
Jean Navarre
Jean Navarre
France
French aviator during the First World War, one of the first officially recorded flying aces.
Bao Wenyue
Bao Wenyue
China
Chinese warlord
Ludvik Meroslavskiy
Ludvik Meroslavskiy
Poland
Polish revolutionary, general.
Werner Kempf
Werner Kempf
Germany
German military leader, general of the Wehrmacht tank forces
Francisco Caamano
Francisco Caamano
Dominican r.
Dominican military (colonel) and politician
Michael Phillip Anderson
Michael Phillip Anderson
USA
American pilot, US astronaut
Ilan Ramon
Ilan Ramon
Israel
First Israeli astronaut
Karlis Sensbergs
Karlis Sensbergs
Latvia
Unterscharführer of the Latvian SS Volunteer Legion
Walter Franz Stahlecker
Walter Franz Stahlecker
Germany
SS Brigadeführer, Major General of Police
Verner Hartmann
Verner Hartmann
Germany
German submariner from World War II
Henri Giraud
Henri Giraud
France
French military leader, general, participant in two world wars
Robert Thomas Wilson
Robert Thomas Wilson
Great Britain
English General
Vladimir Zasyadko
Vladimir Zasyadko
Chief of Artillery of the 209th Guards Rifle Regiment, Guards Senior Lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union
Semen Baghdasaryan
Semen Baghdasaryan
Armenia
Soviet officer, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Hamzat Tazabaev
Hamzat Tazabaev
Chechen field commander
Valeriya Borts
Valeriya Borts
Russia
Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.
Max Amann
Max Amann
Germany
Nazi party leader
Michel Tognini
Michel Tognini
France
Astronaut
Frank Lee Culbertson Jr.
Frank Lee Culbertson Jr.
USA
American NASA astronaut and researcher
Ivan Yagello
Ivan Yagello
Colonel.
Moritz Auffenberg
Moritz Auffenberg
Austria
Austrian General
Kochkar Durdiev
Kochkar Durdiev
Uzbekistan
Rifleman of the 353rd Mountain Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union
Franz Augsberger
Franz Augsberger
Germany
SS Brigadefuehrer.
Friedrich Wilhelm Seydlitz-Kurzbach
Friedrich Wilhelm Seydlitz-Kurzbach
Prussian military leader, baron, commander of the cavalry of the army of Frederick the Great.
Antonina Diachenko
Antonina Diachenko
Ukraine
Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.
Ivan Popov
Ivan Popov
Russia
Russian military figure, lieutenant general (1916).
Arseniy Golovko
Arseniy Golovko
Russia
Admiral
Herbert Wohlfarth
Herbert Wohlfarth
Germany
German submarine officer, captain-lieutenant
Yakov Bagratuni
Yakov Bagratuni
Russia
Major General of the Russian Army. General of the Armenian Army.
Gaston D'Andlau
Gaston D'Andlau
France
French military leader, brigadier general and publicist
Klaus Reinhardt
Klaus Reinhardt
Germany
German general, commander of NATO forces in Kosovo
Hans Karl von Winterfeldt
Hans Karl von Winterfeldt
Germany
Prussian general, closest adviser and friend of Frederick II
Ibrahim Bey
Ibrahim Bey
Egypt
Mamluk leader, military commander and ruler of a united Egypt
Viktor Hermann Brack
Viktor Hermann Brack
Germany
Reichsleiter, SS Oberführer
Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld
Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld
Germany
Gruppenführer of the Waffen-SS
Georgiy Sorokin
Georgiy Sorokin
Poland
Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Gerd Kelbling
Gerd Kelbling
Germany
German submarine officer, captain-lieutenant
Todor Kantardzhiev
Todor Kantardzhiev
Bulgaria
Bulgarian military leader, lieutenant general
Michael Girshovich
Michael Girshovich
Soviet military leader, major general
Richard Beal
Richard Beal
USA
Cavalryman of the Southern Army in America
William Harvey Dana
William Harvey Dana
USA
American test pilot.
Rene Savary
Rene Savary
France
Napoleon's divisional general, French Minister of Police
Rudolf von Bunau
Rudolf von Bunau
Germany
German officer, participant in the First and Second World Wars, infantry general
Semen Krasnov
Semen Krasnov
Russian officer, major general
William Birdwood
William Birdwood
Great Britain
British military leader, Field Marshal of Great Britain
Alexey Agafonov
Alexey Agafonov
Squad commander of the 16th Guards Separate Sapper Squadron, Hero of the Soviet Union
Gaspard Gourgaud
Gaspard Gourgaud
France
French lieutenant general, adjutant to Napoleon