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Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Royal Navy: Admiral of the Fleet: Admiral: Vice-admiral Rear-admiral Commodore 1st class: Commodore 2nd class Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Sub-lieutenant Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet French Army: Maréchal de France
During the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence. A, D 1937 US Street of Shadows: Mademoiselle Docteur: G. W. Pabst: During the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German ...
First and Second World War comparisons. Comparative military ranks of World War I; Comparative officer ranks of World War II; World War II German Army ranks and insignia; Military ranks of the Luftwaffe (1935–45) Corps colours of the Luftwaffe (1935–45) Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine
1917 is a 2019 British war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote it with Krysty Wilson-Cairns.Partially inspired by stories told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather Alfred about his service during World War I, the film takes place after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich, and follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay) and ...
Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was an American soldier who was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. [1] He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, gathering 35 machine guns, killing at least 25 [2 ...
John J. Pershing‘s Address from France (recorded April 1918) General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing GCB (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), nicknamed " Black Jack ", was a senior American United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920.
Audie Murphy. Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [4] and has been described as the most highly decorated soldier in U.S. history. [5] [6] He received every military combat award for valor ...
Education and career. Charles Butler McVay III was born in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, on August 31, 1898, to a Navy family. His father, Charles Butler McVay Jr. (1868–1949), commanded the tender Yankton during the cruise of the Great White Fleet (1907–1909), was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War I, and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic Fleet in the early 1930s.