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Jean Matton Facts

Capitaine Jean Georges Fernand Matton was a World War I cavalryman and flying ace. He was credited with nine confirmed and two unconfirmed aerial victories.

Diana Churchill Facts

Diana Spencer-Churchill (11 July 1909 – 20 October 1963) was the eldest daughter of British statesman Sir Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier).

General Orlov Facts

Strachwitz Facts

Ted W. Lawson Facts

Major Ted William Lawson (March 7, 1917 – January 19, 1992) was an American officer in the United States Army Air Forces, who is known as the author of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, a memoir of his participation in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942.

Shlomo Baum Facts

Shlomo Baum (1929 – January 17, 1999) was an Israeli military commando fighter. He was one of the founders of Unit 101 of the Israel Defense Forces, where he served as Ariel Sharon’s deputy in command.

Sidney Shachnow Facts

Sidney Shachnow is a Holocaust survivor who attained the rank of Major General in United States Army. He retired in 1994, after 40 years of active service.

Hans Droste Facts

Hans Droste (29 March 1915 – 13 July 1976) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme

Reshef Amnon Facts

Amnon Reshef (Hebrew: אמנון רשף‎; born August 29, 1938) is a retired IDF major general who served as 14th Brigade Commander in the Yom Kippur War and as Commanding General of the Armored Corps (Israel) from 1979 to 1982.

Motoharu Okamura Facts

Motoharu Okamura (岡村 基春, Okamura Motoharu, 1901 – 13 July 1948) was a Japanese naval aviator who served as a test pilot in the 1930s, and served as the commander of the 341st Tateyama Kōkūtai (Air Group) for kamikaze attacks in June 1944.

Jing Zhiyuan Facts

Jing Zhiyuan (Chinese: 靖志远; pinyin: Jìng Zhìyuǎn; born 1944) is a retired general (shang jiang) in the People’s Liberation Army of China. He served as Commander of the Second Artillery Corps.

Uzi Dayan Facts

Uzi Dayan (Hebrew: עוזי דיין‎‎) (born 1948) is an Aluf (res.) in the Israel Defense Forces and an Israeli politician. He is the nephew of General Moshe Dayan.