Ivo Lola Ribar

Ivo Lola Ribar

male, deceased (1943)
World War II killed in action Yugoslav Partisans World War II Resistance member Yugoslav Bosnia politician
Ivo Lola Ribar, was a Croatian communist politician in Yugoslavia. Ivo Lola Ribar was born in Đakovo and graduated law at the University of B... More

Boško Buha

male, deceased (1943)
World War II Resistance member World War II killed in action Yugoslav Partisans former Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia teenager
Boško Buha was a young Partisan who used to be one of the greatest icons of World War II in the former Yugoslavia. Boško Buha was born in the Sl... More
Karel Doorman

Karel Doorman

male, deceased (1942)
dutch World War II Naval aviator admiral Recipient of Virtuti Militari British … World War II killed in action
Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman (April 23, 1889, Utrecht - February 28, 1942, Java Sea) was a Schout-bij-nacht (the Dutch equivalent of a Rear... More

Edwin Swales

male, deceased (1945)
Edwin Essery Swales South African Air Force personnel DFC Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross distinguished flying cross World War II Victoria Cross recipient … World War II killed in action
Edwin Essery Swales VC DFC (July 3, 1915 – February 23, 1945) was a South African pilot and war hero of the Second World War. He was awarded the Di... More
Sefanaia Sukanaivalu

Sefanaia Sukanaivalu

male, deceased (1944)
Posthumous recognition World War II killed in action World War II Victoria Cross recipient fijian Soldier corporal
Sefanaia Sukanaivalu (1 January, 1918 - 23 June, 1944) was a Fijian soldier and a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most... More

Ivan Goran Kovačić

male, deceased (1943)
Ustashe Ustasa World War II killed in action bosnian Yugoslav Partisans bosnia and herzegovina
Ivan Goran Kovačić was one of the greatest Croatian writers of the 20th century. He was born in Lukovdol, a town in Gorski Kotar, a mountainous re... More

Veselin Masleša

male, deceased (1943)
bosnia and herzegovina World War II killed in action Banja Luka World War II serbian Soldier
Veselin Masleša (April 20, 1906 - July 14, 1943) was a Serbian writer, activist and war hero. Veselin Masleša was born in Banja Luka, where he fi... More
Haig Acterian

Haig Acterian

male, deceased (1943)
Romanian Land Forces personnel Constanţa Communist Party of Romania fascist communist journalist … World War II killed in action
Haig Acterian was a Romanian film and theatre director, critic, poet, journalist, and fascist political activist. He was married to actress... More
Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg

Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg

male, deceased (1943)
death by firearm in Germany Bergen novelist death by firearm writer military leader … World War II killed in action
Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg, known as Nordahl Grieg was a Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist, and journalist. Born in Bergen, Norway, he made his... More

Josip Kraš

male, deceased (1941)
World War II Resistance member World War II killed in action Yugoslav Partisans Kingdom of Yugoslavia communist Nazi Germany
Josip Kraš was a Croatian communist and partisan who died in World War II and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Kraš was born in the vi... More