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  2. List of military figures by nickname - Wikipedia

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    "Cat's Eyes" – John Cunningham, Second World War British night fighter ace (a nickname he didn't like) "Cenaze"(Turkish, Corpse – Hasan Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottomans, Veteran Commander of Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) [5] "Chancre Jack" – Chiang Kai-Shek, political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China

  3. List of aviators by nickname - Wikipedia

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    "Bully" – Emil Lang, World War 2 Luftwaffe fighter ace "Bunny" – Christopher Currant, British RAF fighter ace in World War II "Butch" Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command during World War II (from "butcher"; affectionately given by his men) Edward O'Hare, American World War II fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient

  4. List of French military leaders - Wikipedia

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    General-in-Chief of the French Army of the Alps he get the nicknames "the Horatius Cocles of the Tyrol" by Napoleon and the "Schwarzer Teufel" (Black Devil) by Austrian troops during the Second Italian Campaign. His son, Alexandre Dumas, is one of France's most widely read authors of all time. Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte: 1763–1844 French

  5. Category:French military personnel - Wikipedia

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    France portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 29 subcategories, out of 29 total. ... Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe (455 P) French Navy ...

  6. List of people involved with the French Resistance - Wikipedia

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    Jacques Levi, b 1899 Nice France, d 1971, Panama City Panama Marcel Langer (French Resistance) (1903–1943) Joseph Laniel (1889–1975) Madeleine Lavigne (1912–1945), Isabelle, agent of the Special Operations Executive; Jacques Lecompte-Boinet (1905–1974) Édouard Le Jeune (1921–2017), former Senator; André Leroi-Gourhan (1911–1986)

  7. List of World War II aces from France - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from France. A ... (March 2021). "James Denis: Le premier as de la France libre: Deuxième partie". Le Fana de ...

  8. List of Foreign Legionnaires - Wikipedia

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    François Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist and Tour de France winner; Siegfried Freytag, German fighter ace; Jean Genet, French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist; Ante Gotovina, former lieutenant general of the Croatian Army; Hans Hartung, German-French painter; Erwin James (Monahan), British journalist and murderer

  9. List of mercenaries - Wikipedia

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    Volunteer fighter pilot and top American ace for the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Spanish Civil War. Amleto Vespa: 1888–1944 1922–1941 Manchuria Empire of Japan: Fascist mercenary, spy and weapons smuggler who worked for Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin and later for the Empire of Japan. Jan Zumbach: 1915–1986 1940–1967 France UK