Military

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

Wolfgang Kretzschmar
Wolfgang Kretzschmar
Germany
German officer, participant in World War II, colonel
Porfiriy Chanchinadze
Porfiriy Chanchinadze
Georgia
Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General
Dierd Dozsa
Dierd Dozsa
Hungary
Leader of the peasant uprising in Hungary in the 16th century.
Jozef Bem
Jozef Bem
Poland
Commander; Polish general, field marshal of the Turkish army
Aleksandr Rodimcev
Aleksandr Rodimcev
Commander of the Guards Rifle Corps, Colonel General, Hero of the Soviet Union
Sergey Kramarenko
Sergey Kramarenko
Ukraine
Fighter pilot, General - Major of aviation
Nikolaj Braginec
Nikolaj Braginec
Ukraine
Bomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish war
Ernesto Che Guevara
Ernesto Che Guevara
Cuba
Latin American revolutionary, one of the leaders of the Cuban Revolution of 1959
Grigorij Kravchenko
Grigorij Kravchenko
Ukraine
Fighter pilot, Heroes of the People's Liberation War in China
Karl Bulow
Karl Bulow
Germany
German military leader, Field Marshal.
Walter Schimana
Walter Schimana
Austria
One of the leaders of the occupation regime, SS Gruppenführer
Vasiliy Zaitsev
Vasiliy Zaitsev
Ukraine
Sniper of the 62nd Army of the Stalingrad Front, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Adalbert Heinrich Wilhelm Preussen
Adalbert Heinrich Wilhelm Preussen
Germany
Prussian prince, naval theorist and admiral
Akiyama Saneuki
Akiyama Saneuki
Japan
Japanese naval commander.
Alif Gajiyev
Alif Gajiyev
Azerbaijan
Head of the Khojaly Airport Department, National Hero of Azerbaijan
Lord Raglan
Lord Raglan
Great Britain
British Field Marshal
Karl Donitz
Karl Donitz
Germany
Grand admiral, war criminal
Fatih Dineev
Fatih Dineev
Squad commander of the 396th separate reconnaissance company
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
USA
Major in the United States Army and a Confederate general during the Civil War. He is also known as a writer, politician, and inventor.
Petr Yakubovsky
Petr Yakubovsky
Russia
Fighter pilot
Johan Kristoffer During
Johan Kristoffer During
Sweden
Swedish field marshal and politician.
Nikita Lebedenko
Nikita Lebedenko
Soviet military leader, Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Lieutenant General
John Bagott Glubb
John Bagott Glubb
Great Britain
English military and political figure, general
Maria Borovichenko
Maria Borovichenko
Ukraine
Nurse, medical sergeant
Hermann Breith
Hermann Breith
Germany
German tank general.
Philipp Albiniak
Philipp Albiniak
France
Divisional General.
Voldemar Hagglund
Voldemar Hagglund
Finland
Finnish military leader
Dmitrij Glinka
Dmitrij Glinka
Ukraine
Fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Daniel Burbank
Daniel Burbank
USA
Astronaut
August Gneisenau
August Gneisenau
Germany
Prussian Field Marshal (1825).
Robert Olejnik
Robert Olejnik
Germany
German World War II flying ace
Sebastian Vauban
Sebastian Vauban
France
French military engineer, Marshal of France (1703)
Stefan Lang
Stefan Lang
Austria
Worked at the INO OGPU.
Gebhard Leberecht Blucher
Gebhard Leberecht Blucher
Germany
Prussian field marshal, participant in a number of Napoleonic wars
Ivan Temka
Ivan Temka
Moscow voivode, by origin Prince of Rostov, the founder of the princes Temkin-Rostovsky
Rudolf Viest
Rudolf Viest
Czech
Czechoslovak division general, Slovak by nationality.
Vasiliy Chapaev
Vasiliy Chapaev
Russia
Famous Soviet military leader Participated in battles with the Ural Cossacks, White Czechs and White Guards
Thieu Van Nguyen
Thieu Van Nguyen
Vietnam
Military leader and one of the presidents of South Vietnam.
Grigorij Koceba
Grigorij Koceba
Ukraine
Fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
George Crook
George Crook
USA
US Army officer, participant in the Civil War and Indian Wars
Anna Sopova
Anna Sopova
Ukraine
Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.
Hans Gollnick
Hans Gollnick
Germany
German officer
Vasilij Grechishnikov
Vasilij Grechishnikov
Ukraine
Bomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Great Patriotic War
Lyudmila Nuikina
Lyudmila Nuikina
Kazakhstan
Russian illegal spy
Alexander Alekseev
Alexander Alekseev
Soviet artillery officer, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel
Nikolay Svitenko
Nikolay Svitenko
Ukraine
Fighter pilot
Umberto Guidoni
Umberto Guidoni
Italy
Astronaut
Eugeniy Erofeev
Eugeniy Erofeev
Russian officer, twice Knight of the Order of St. George
Vinsent Aksamitovskiy
Vinsent Aksamitovskiy
Poland
Brigadier General of the Polish Service.
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
Jamaica
National hero of jamaica