Erich von Manstein

Erich von Manstein

male, deceased (1973)
Perekop Isthmus, Cherkassy pocket, Holocaust, Ardennes-offensive, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, kharkov…BattleofFrance, Battle of Stalingrad, Recipient of the Iron Cross, Order of Michael the Brave recipient, Field Marshal of Nazi Germany
Erich von Manstein (November 24, 1887-June 10 1973) served the German military as a lifelong professional soldier. He became one of the most...
Maxime Weygand

Maxime Weygand

male, deceased (1965)
German invasion of France in 1940, Philippe Petain, BattleofFrance, vichy france, General, Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni…Recipient of Virtuti Militari, Member of the Académie française
Maxime Weygand (January 21, 1867 - January 28, 1965) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II. Though not as infamous as...
Hermann Hoth

Hermann Hoth

male, deceased (1971)
Nazi Germany, BattleofFrance, panzer, Fall Gelb, World War II, minsk…Order of Michael the Brave recipient
Hermann "Papa" Hoth (12 April 1885 - 26 January 1971) was a general of the Third Reich during World War II. He fought in France, and is most noted...
Cobber Kain

Cobber Kain

male, deceased (1940)
Edgar James Cobber Kain, New Zealander of World War II, BattleofFrance, Christ's College, Canterbury, killed in aircraft crash, Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross…battle of britain, New Zealanders of World War II, Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain
Flying Officer Edgar James "Cobber" Kain (27 June 1918 - 6 June 1940). Born in Hastings, New Zealand, he attended Christ's College, Canterbury,...
Wilhelm Bittrich

Wilhelm Bittrich

male, deceased (1979)
Recipient of the German Cross, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, Operation Market Garden, BattleofFrance, Harz Mountains, 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen…Recipient of the Iron Cross
Wilhelm 'Willi' Bittrich was a Obergruppenführer (rank equivalent to Lieutenant-General) of the German SS and a Waffen-SS General during World War I...

Joachim Müncheberg

male, deceased (1943)
Luftwaffe pilot, World War II flying ace, German, aviator, raf, battle of britain…Invasion of France, BattleofFrance, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, Recipient of the German Cross
Joachim Müncheberg was born on 18 December 1918 at Friedrichsdorf. After joining the Wehrmacht infantry in 1936 Müncheberg transferred to the Lu...
Alphonse Juin

Alphonse Juin

male, deceased (1967)
Pieds-noirs, French military personnel of World War I, Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, German, prisoner of war, lille…Member of the Académie française, BattleofFrance, Marshal of France
Alphonse Pierre Juin was a Marshal of France. Juin was born at Annaba in Algeria, and enlisted in the French Army, graduating from the École S...