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

Wilhelm Bittrich
Germany
GermanySS-Obergruppenführer, General of the SS Troops

Ivan Vertelko
Russia
RussiaColonel General

Alexander Marinesko
The legendary submariner was Hitler's personal enemy

Braxton Bragg
USA
USAGeneral of the Confederate Army

Karl Ferdinand
Archduke of Austria from the Teschen branch

Ivan Bijan
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet military man, Ukrainian political figure, retired colonel general.

Juozas Vitas
One of the leaders of the anti-fascist underground in Lithuania, Hero of the Soviet Union

Petr Kolomiec
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot

Yury Onufrienko
Russia
RussiaHero of the Russian Federation

Akashi Motojiro
Japan
JapanJapanese general, Governor-General of Taiwan in 1918-1919

Viktor Petrov
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Joachim Goldbach
Germany
GermanyMilitary figure of the GDR, Colonel General

Douglas MacArthur
USA
USAAmerican General

Alexandr Zuev
USA
USAFormer USSR Air Force captain

Eugeniy Alehnovich
Poland
PolandCommander of the attack aviation squadron, Hero of the Soviet Union

Vladimir Zagoruyko
Ukraine
UkraineIntelligence officer, member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Nikola Zhekov
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian military leader, infantry general

Leonid Goreglyad
Turkmenistan
TurkmenistanFighter pilot

Yuriy Koptev
Russia
RussiaDesign engineer

Adrien De Gerlache
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian polar explorer

Vasiliy Sinchuk
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanFighter pilot

Yakov Serebryanskiy
Russia
RussiaColonel of State Security (1945).

Vasilij Senko
Ukraine
UkrainePilot-navigator, Hero of the Soviet Union

Willem Joseph Ghent
Netherlands
NetherlandsLieutenant-Admiral of the Dutch Navy. He served in the Dutch Navy from 1648. In 1666, he took part in the Dutch Navy's raid at the mouth of the Thames River. In 1672, he died during the Battle of Solebay. Baron van Gent was the first commander of the special

Ivan Gnezdilov
Latvia
LatviaFighter pilot

Semen Kozak
Ukraine
UkraineCommander of the Guards Rifle Corps, Hero of the Soviet Union

Andosh Juno
France
FranceCommander

Safar Abiyev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani military and statesman, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Sergey Demenkov
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot

Antonio Oscar Fragoso Carmona
Portugal
PortugalPortuguese military and political figure, Marshal of Portugal

Artem Pasechnik
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish war

Betty Gillies
USA
USAOne of the first American pilots

Mark Shattlvort
South Africa
South AfricaThe second space tourist, the first African citizen in space.

Herbert Ernst Backe
Germany
GermanyStatesman of the Third Reich

Ambrose Everett Burnside
USA
USAUnion Army General

Rem Abzalov
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanParticipant of the Soviet-Finnish and Great Patriotic Wars, commander of a rifle company of the 116th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 40th Guards Rifle Division of the 4th Guards Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front

Otto Armster
Germany
GermanyGerman military intelligence officer, colonel

Vladimir Djanibekov
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanPilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union

Vladimir Sinclair
General of the Russian and Ukrainian armies.

Karl Einem
Germany
GermanyGerman Colonel General

Claude Pajol
France
FranceCount, baron, division general.

Petr Anju
Russia
RussiaAdmiral, Arctic explorer

David D. McKiernan
USA
USACommander of the International Security Assistance Force

Oskar Potiorek
Austria
AustriaAustro-Hungarian military leader, Feldzeugmeister (1909).

Victor Lebedev
Soviet military leader, Guards Major General of Tank Troops

David Dzhabidze
Georgia
GeorgiaFighter pilot

Georgiy Ivanov
Bulgaria
BulgariaThe first Bulgarian cosmonaut

Etien Nansuti
France
FranceCount, division general.

Viktor Hasin
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot

Alfred Mason Gray Jr.
USA
USARetired Marine Corps General