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Pages in category "Recipients of the Military Cross" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,165 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
By partial comparison, as of June 2022, the U.S. Department of Defense shows 3,008 awarded to Navy recipients [2] and 1,081 to Marines Corps recipients, [3] for acts of valor during World War II. The Navy Cross was also occasionally awarded to foreign personnel serving with allied forces - for example, Commander Gordon Bridson and Leading ...
The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.
Krzyż Armii Krajowej (Home Army Cross) Medal "Zasłużonym na Polu Chwały" (Medal for Merit on the Field of Glory) Krzyż Partyzancki (Partisan Cross) Krzyż Czynu Bojowego Polskich Sił Zbrojnych na Zachodzie (Polish Armed Forces in the West Military Action Cross) Krzyż Bitwy pod Lenino (Battle of Lenino Cross) Krzyż Oświęcimski ...
The Victoria Cross was awarded 182 times to 181 recipients for action in the Second World War. The war, also known as World War II (WWII), was a global military conflict that involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved ...
Harry Cator, then a Sergeant in the 7th Battalion of The East Surrey Regiment of the British Army, awarded the Victoria Cross and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme for his heroism. Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave DSO & Bar (August 28, 1890 – July 28, 1971) was the Canadian signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at the end of World War II.
During World War II, 457 servicemen of the Waffen-SS, including volunteers and conscripts from Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands and Norway, received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Of these, 411 presentations were formally made and evidence of the award is available in the German Federal Archives.
In total, 43 individuals in the military of allies of Nazi Germany were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), the highest award in the military of Nazi Germany during World War II.