Military

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

Eugeny Bereznyak
Eugeny Bereznyak
Ukraine
Hero of the Soviet Union, prototype of the hero of the film 'Major 'Whirlwind', based on the novel by Yulian Semyonov
Kurt Becher
Kurt Becher
Germany
Commissioner of German concentration camps and head of the economic department of the SS in Hungary during the German occupation in 1944
Francois Joseph Bouvet
Francois Joseph Bouvet
France
French admiral, participant in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Gustav Vitershteym
Gustav Vitershteym
Germany
Commander of the XIV Tank Corps.
Vasiliy Bachurin
Vasiliy Bachurin
Squad leader of the engineer platoon of the 384th separate marine battalion, Hero of the Soviet Union
Semen Pugachev
Semen Pugachev
Russia
Soviet military leader
Georges Guynemer
Georges Guynemer
France
Outstanding French fighter pilot during World War I
Karl Einem
Karl Einem
Germany
German Colonel General
Samuel Graves
Samuel Graves
Great Britain
British Admiral
Ivan Yagello
Ivan Yagello
Colonel.
Giulio Douhet
Giulio Douhet
Italy
Italian general, military theorist
Maisa Hazem
Maisa Hazem
Bahrain
Female pilot
Vladimir Jungmeister
Vladimir Jungmeister
Russian military pilot, RIA colonel
Polina Osipenco
Polina Osipenco
Russia
Pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union
Itzhak Ben-Shoham
Itzhak Ben-Shoham
Israel
Colonel of the Israel Defense Forces
Nikolaj Semejko
Nikolaj Semejko
Ukraine
Pilot, regiment navigator, Hero of the Soviet Union
Pier Ozhero
Pier Ozhero
France
Marshal of France (1804).
Bai Chongxi
Bai Chongxi
China
Chinese general.
Ambrose Everett Burnside
Ambrose Everett Burnside
USA
Union Army General
Carl Mak
Carl Mak
Austria
Baron von Leyberich, Austrian field marshal-lieutenant
Rahimzhan Koshkarbayev
Rahimzhan Koshkarbayev
Kazakhstan
Soviet officer, participant in the Great Patriotic War
Vasiliy Tkachev
Vasiliy Tkachev
Ukraine
Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.
Wilhelm List
Wilhelm List
Germany
Field Marshal of the German Army.
Vitold Gintovt
Vitold Gintovt
Soviet tank ace, T-34 tank driver-mechanic in the Great Patriotic War
Roberts Ancans
Roberts Ancans
Latvia
Obersturmführer of the Latvian SS Volunteer Legion.
Pavel Golovachev
Pavel Golovachev
Belarus
Fighter pilot, major general of aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Marcos Cesar Pontes
Marcos Cesar Pontes
Brazil
Brazil's first astronaut
Krisjanis Berkis
Krisjanis Berkis
Latvia
Minister of Latvia in 1940.
Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar
Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar
USA
American female astronaut.
 Bessiures
Bessiures
France
Duke of Istria, Marshal of the Empire
Pavel Kvashnin
Pavel Kvashnin
Soviet military figure, major general
Luis Fernandez de Cordoba
Luis Fernandez de Cordoba
Spain
Spanish general and diplomat
Aleksey Fleyshman
Aleksey Fleyshman
Ukraine
Fighter pilot
George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark
USA
American military leader, hero of the American Revolutionary War
Vagif Kurbanov
Vagif Kurbanov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani pilot
Giovanni Andrea Doria
Giovanni Andrea Doria
Italy
Admiral of the Genoese fleet (1556) from the Doria family.
Walter Franz Stahlecker
Walter Franz Stahlecker
Germany
SS Brigadeführer, Major General of Police
Emil Seibold
Emil Seibold
Germany
Non-commissioned officer of an SS tank unit
Aimo Lahti
Aimo Lahti
Finland
Finnish small arms designer, self-taught engineer, chief gunsmith and major general
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Afghanistan
Field commander
Ralf Aberkromby
Ralf Aberkromby
Great Britain
Lieutenant General of the British Army.
Efim Chaplits
Efim Chaplits
Russia
Lieutenant General.
Alexander Woodford
Alexander Woodford
Great Britain
British military leader, field marshal
Fedor Buxhoevden
Fedor Buxhoevden
Estonia
Russian military leader, General of Infantry (1803), Count (1797).
Grigorij Koceba
Grigorij Koceba
Ukraine
Fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
Xiong Akikusa
Xiong Akikusa
Japan
Head of the Japanese Military Mission in Harbin
Valentin Rychkov
Valentin Rychkov
Russia
Red Navy sailor, WWII veteran
Pavel Polubotok
Pavel Polubotok
Colonel and acting hetman of Little Russia
Herbert Albrecht
Herbert Albrecht
Germany
Gauleiter of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) from 1930 to 1931
Mark Zborovsky
Mark Zborovsky
Poland
Agent of foreign intelligence of the Soviet Union