Hiro Onoda, born March 19, 1922 (Taisho Era 11) in Kamekawa Village (now Kainan City) in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, and died January 16, 2014, was a Japanese soldier stationed on the island of Lubang in the Philippines who refused to believe in the end of World War II and the surrender of Japan in
Born in a peasant family in Strelkovka, province of Kaluga, region southwest of Moscow. He was first an apprentice furrier in Moscow. First World War Engaged as a volunteer in 1914. In 1915, he was enlisted as a soldier in the Novgorod Dragoon Regiment, decorated with the Cross of Saint George twic
George Smith Patton (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945), born in San Gabriel, California, was an American general in the US Army during World War II. George Smith Patton was born on November 11, 1885 in California. Son of a wealthy family and grandson of a Confederate general officer during the
Sir Frederick Arthur Montague Boy Browning (20 December 1896 – 14 March 1965) was a British Army officer, considered the father of British airborne forces. He was Commander of the British 1st Airborne Corps and Deputy Commander of the 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden. While plann
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (November 15, 1891 in Heidenheim - October 14, 1944 in Herrlingen) was a German general of World War II. He led a brilliant career as a military officer for more than thirty years and served in the various German armies of his time. Following his campaign in North Africa
Colonel Archibald David Stirling (born 15 November 1915 in the county of Perthshire – died 4 November 1990) was a Scottish nobleman, officer in the British Army during World War II and founder of the Special Air Service. His family originated from the village of Keir in central Scotland. His father
Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, nicknamed The Auk, born June 21, 1884 and died March 23, 1981, was a British Field Marshal during World War II. He received several medals and titles:the Order of the Bath, the Order of the Indian Empire, the Order of the Star of India, the Distinguished Service Order an
Claire Lee Chennault born September 6, 1893 in Commerce, Texas, died July 27, 1958 in New Orleans) is an American Air Force General. He is considered a war hero in both China and the United States. Claire Lee Chennault is of French - Huguenot - ancestry and counts among her distant ancestors Sam Ho
Orde Charles Wingate (26 February 1903 – 24 March 1944, DSO and 2 Bars - 1938, 1941, 1943) was a general in the British Army. Captain Orde Charles Wingate (35). A young and brilliant British officer with eccentric behavior (...) brought up in an extremely puritanical family with a literalist readin
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of El Alamein (17 November 1887 in London – 24 March 1976) was a British military officer during the Second World War. Nicknamed Monty, the quality of his soldiers allowed him some victories, although some officers considered him incompet
Born:20-06-1924, in Kingston, Texas, United States. Died:28-05-1971, in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. In a plane crash at the age of 46. Divorced from Wanda Hendrix (8.02.1949 - 14-04-1950)Married until his death to Pamela Archer (23.04.1951 - 1971)2 sons:Terry Michael (March 14, 1952) and James Skipper
Raymond Ames Spruance (July 3, 1886 - December 13, 1969) was a United States Navy Admiral during World War II. The architect of American victory at the Battle of Midway, he led many of the offensives in the Pacific campaign. Youth Born in Baltimore, Spruance graduated from the Naval Academy in Anna
Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885, Fredericksburg, Texas – February 20, 1966) was an American Admiral. During World War II, he was Commander-in-Chief of United States Forces in the Pacific. He was commander of the American submarine fleets and was chief of the navigation office in 1939. Nim
Alphonse Juin, born December 16, 1888 in Bône (now Annaba, Algeria), died January 27, 1967 in Paris, was a French military man, general and Marshal of France. * Coming from a modest family (son of a gendarme), he graduated major of Saint-Cyr in 1912 in the same promotion as General de Gaulle. * Du
Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike was the 34th President of the United States, serving two terms from January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961. During World War II, he was General of the Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in Europe. He is a member o
Roger Barberot, born January 20, 1915 in Cherbourg (Manche) and died November 14, 2002 in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine), is a French soldier, politician and ambassador. Youth Roger Barberot was born in Cherbourg, in the Cotentin, on January 20, 1915. He is the son of Philippe Barberot, a naval officer, a
The Armored Marine Regiment (or RBFM) is a former unit of the French 2nd Armored Division. It belongs to the marine rifle units which are French military navy units The RBFM was made up of French sailors, whose ships had been immobilized or destroyed, and equipped with American equipment. Role Tan
Raymond Dronne, born in Mayet (Sarthe), March 8, 1908 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on September 5, 1991, is a free Frenchman, Companion of the Liberation.He is known as being the commander of the first detachment of the 2nd Armored Division to enter Paris on the evening of August 24, 1944, when it
Raoul Charles Magrin-Vernerey, better known under the pseudonym of MONCLAR, was truly an extraordinary warrior figure, the very type of Legion officer as shown by legend and popular literature. Ralph Monclar, born February 7, 1892 in Budapest (Hungary), died in Val-de-Grâce, June 3, 1964 is a French
Philippe de Hauteclocque known as Leclerc Birth:November 22, 1902 Belloy-Saint-Leonard, France Died:November 28, 1947 (aged 45) Colomb-Béchar, Algeria Nationality:France Allegiance:French Army - FFL Military rank:Army General (1946) Service:1924 - 1947 Conflicts:Second World War Indochina War
The soldiers of the Duke of Alba burst into the world embodied on canvas by Pieter Brueghel the Elder in pictures that are partly humorous –without a certain air of social criticism– and partly bucolic, such as La boda campesina (1568), The Flemish proverbs (1559) and The wine of the feast of Saint
Singhasari , an in east Java resident kingdom in first half of 13th century after the decline of the kingdom Kadiri was born . Singhasaris first king, Ken Angrok (or Ken Arok) defeated the king of Kadiri, Kertajaya, in 1222. The Last King of Singhasari, Kertanagara (r. 1268–92) tem
The mans armor gleams in the midday sun, lances and harness jingle. On July 1, 1097 AD, Godfrey of Bouillon charged at the enemy Seljuk army on horseback, with his troop of knights next to him. As one of the first crusaders in the Middle Ages, the duke spreads fear and terror among his enemies. Espe
Madrid was the scene of the greatest battle of the Spanish Civil War, a war that weighed on all international political and diplomatic life for three years, drew the attention of the whole world to the extremist policies of fascism and communism, and turned out to be, in many ways, an anticipation o