Military

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

Heinz Bar
Heinz Bar
Germany
German World War II flying ace
Aleksandr Belogurov
Aleksandr Belogurov
Ukraine
Bomber pilot, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish war
Vadim Fadeev
Vadim Fadeev
Russia
Fighter pilot
Wilhelm Kanaris
Wilhelm Kanaris
Germany
Nazi general, head of the Abwehr (1935-1944). Executed for participating in the anti-Hitler conspiracy.
Victor Priceless
Victor Priceless
Hero of the Soviet Union
Aksel Airo
Aksel Airo
Finland
Finnish military leader, lieutenant general; one of the leaders of the General Staff of the Finnish Armed Forces (Finnish) Russian. during the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940 (Winter War) and during the Soviet-Finnish War of 1941-1944 (Continuation War
Bertrand-Francois La Bourdonnais
Bertrand-Francois La Bourdonnais
France
French navigator and military leader
Fransua Kellerman
Fransua Kellerman
France
Marshal of France (1804), Duke of Valmy (1808).
Ivan Kupin
Ivan Kupin
Russia
Major General of Artillery, Hero of the Soviet Union, twice recipient of the Order of Lenin.
Viktor Sulakvelidze
Viktor Sulakvelidze
Georgia
Major General, Doctor of Technical Sciences
Alois Brunner
Alois Brunner
Germany
Austrian, Nazi war criminal.
Michael Thomas Flynn
Michael Thomas Flynn
USA
Former Lieutenant General of the US Army, current National Security Advisor to the President of the United States
Raisa Surnachevskaya
Raisa Surnachevskaya
Russia
Fighter pilot
Teyfuk Abdul
Teyfuk Abdul
Participant of the Great Patriotic War, commander of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 175th Guards rifle regiment of the 58th Guards rifle division of the 57th army of the Steppe Front, Hero of the Soviet Union
Ivan Gavva
Ivan Gavva
Russia
Hero of the Soviet Union
Igor Girkin
Igor Girkin
Russia
One of the leaders of the unrecognized DPR is from Russia.
 Brun
Brun
France
Count of the Empire, Marshal
Moritz Kuhne
Moritz Kuhne
Germany
German military writer, general
Friedrich Hohenlohe
Friedrich Hohenlohe
Russia
Prince, General of Infantry (1800).
Grigoriy Sedov
Grigoriy Sedov
Azerbaijan
Soviet military leader, test pilot, major general of aviation.
Michael Grulev
Michael Grulev
Russian military leader, lieutenant general.
William Bentink
William Bentink
Russia
Lord, General.
Jacques Francois Dugommier
Jacques Francois Dugommier
France
French general of the Revolutionary Wars
Ivan Tretyak
Ivan Tretyak
Russia
Soviet military leader, army general. Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR (1986-1991),
Ivan Banov
Ivan Banov
Soviet intelligence officer, major general, Hero of the Soviet Union
Theodorus Frederik van Capellen
Theodorus Frederik van Capellen
Netherlands
Dutch admiral, baron
Mark Kimmit
Mark Kimmit
USA
General
Lev Zhiltcov
Lev Zhiltcov
Russia
Rear Admiral, Hero of the Soviet Union
Vasiliy Koryakov
Vasiliy Koryakov
Hero of the Soviet Union, participant of the Great Patriotic War
Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon
Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon
Mexico
National hero of mexico
Lenya Golikov
Lenya Golikov
Pioneer hero, Timurovite, participant of the Great Patriotic War, partisan, Hero of the Soviet Union
Leonid Kadenuk
Leonid Kadenuk
Ukraine
Astronaut
Gustav Wolfert
Gustav Wolfert
Netherlands
Major General, hero of the storming of Tashkent in 1865
Paul Kray
Paul Kray
Austria
Austrian commander
Pavlo Shandruk
Pavlo Shandruk
Ukraine
Ukrainian, Polish military leader, general-coronet of the UPR army (1920), colonel general of the UNA (1945).
Abbas Gharabaghi
Abbas Gharabaghi
Azerbaijan
General ("arteshbod") of the Iranian armed forces
Alibek Kasymov
Alibek Kasymov
Kazakhstan
Soviet Kazakh military leader
Konstantin Kolesnikov
Konstantin Kolesnikov
Ukraine
Bomber pilot, Heroes of the National Revolutionary War in Spain
Joh Colborne
Joh Colborne
Great Britain
British military leader, field marshal.
Jean-Baptiste Juvenal Corbineau
Jean-Baptiste Juvenal Corbineau
France
Count, French general during the Napoleonic Wars
Heinrich Bleichrodt
Heinrich Bleichrodt
Germany
German submarine officer during World War II
Ivan Managarov
Ivan Managarov
Ukraine
Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General
Ettore Bastico
Ettore Bastico
Italy
Italian military and statesman, Marshal of Italy
Victor Baranov
Victor Baranov
Soviet military leader, lieutenant general, Hero of the Soviet Union
Onore Relie
Onore Relie
France
Count, division general
Dmitriy Emelyanov
Dmitriy Emelyanov
Hero of the Soviet Union since 1943
Carl Clausewitz
Carl Clausewitz
Germany
German military theorist
Ali Aaltonen
Ali Aaltonen
Finland
Finnish journalist, former lieutenant in the Tsarist army, chief of staff of the Red Guard in Helsinki
Boris Glinka
Boris Glinka
Ukraine
Hero of the Soviet Union
Ludolf von Alvensleben
Ludolf von Alvensleben
Argentina
Member of the NSDAP, SS Gruppenführer, Waffen-SS Lieutenant General