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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
"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
"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
Nazi propaganda officers ordered a poster to be made with the photos and names of 10 Resistance fighters, including Manouchian, displayed in Paris and other French cities.
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)
When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), made up of the English-speaking allies of the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and two non-NATO countries, Australia and New Zealand. The ASCC names were adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense and then NATO.
In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with “B-”. Fighter aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations , from 1 to 5, based on technological level.
The Combatant's Cross (French: "Croix du combattant") is a French decoration that recognizes, as its name implies, those who fought in combat for France. The Poilus (French combat soldiers) of World War I worked toward recognition by the government, of a special status to those who had participated in the bitter fighting of 1914–1918 (as ...