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Scottish poet and soldier of fortune who took part in the religious wars of France. Sir James Ramsay: 1589–1638 1603–1638 Sweden: Scottish soldier, known as "Black Ramsay", who served Gustavus Adolphus, during the Thirty Years' War. Peter Hagendorf: 1625–1649 Holy Roman Empire: German mercenary soldier in the Thirty Years' War.
German child soldiers in World War II (2 C, 8 P) E. Einsatzgruppen personnel (1 C, 78 P) G. Gebirgsjäger of World War II (1 C, 31 P) German Army personnel of World ...
Georg Gärtner (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈɡɛʁtnɐ]; December 18, 1920 – January 30, 2013) was a German World War II soldier who was captured by British troops and later held as a prisoner of war by the United States. He escaped from a prisoner of war camp, took on a new identity as Dennis F. Whiles, and was never recaptured. He ...
German Army soldiers of World War II (134 P) Pages in category "German Army personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 290 total.
Public funding for a statue was rejected, however funds were raised to create a statue as a memorial. On November 4, 2008 a bronze statue was erected on a private property in Goirle in memory of Karl-Heinz Rosch. The statue is considered to be the only monument in the world to a German World War II soldier who was part of an occupying force. [3]
Mike Hoare was a British career soldier who served with distinction in the London Irish Rifles during World War II. He later emigrated to South Africa, and was contracted by the State of Katanga in the early 1960s to form "4 Commando (Force Katangaise)", a unit of foreign military advisers in the local gendarmerie.
Josef Schulz (1909/1910 – 20 July 1941), also spelled Joseph Schultz, was a German soldier of the 714th Infantry Division stationed in German-occupied Serbia during World War II. He died in 1941, allegedly executed after refusing to take part in an execution of partisans. The German High Command recorded him as killed in action.
Werner Goldberg (3 October 1919 – 28 September 2004) was a German of half Jewish ancestry, or Mischling in Nazi terminology, who served briefly as a soldier during World War II. His image appeared in the Berliner Tageblatt as "The Ideal German Soldier".