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Berger (Breakthrough)

Hauptmann **Berger** is a Heer officer. He is appointed as Stransky's replacement when von Stransky is transferred to France.

## Awards

* Iron Cross 1st Class
* Iron Cross 2nd Class
* Close Combat Clasp (Bronze)
* Eastern Front Medal
* Crimea Shield
* Infantry Assault Badge (Silver)
* Wound Badge (Silver)
* Tank Destruction Badge x2
Baron

Caporal-chef **"Baron"** was a French Foreign Legion non-commissioned officer. 1943 he and other Czech soldiers led by Lieutenant Jan Navara, desert a Vichy loyal French Foreign Legion fort in North Africa so they can join up with the allies and fight against the Nazis. As they journeyed through the desert,, their truck was spotted by a Luftwaffe plane and it strafed. One soldiers is killed and the driver seriously wounded. Lieutenant Navara is badly burnt when the truck caught fire. The Sergent leads the men through the desert on a five day trek towards an oasis, loosing the wounded driver on the way. Once they make it to the oasis they are captured by Major von Lüderitz. He and his two men were also at the oasis after their plane was damaged by Lieutenant Navara who had fired at them before he was wounded. Von Lüderitz then had the captured Legionnaires dig in the dry well to try and find water for them.

## Notes

* French Foreign Legion soldiers in the film use CZ 247 submachine guns as imitation MAS-38 submachine guns.
Agustin Covisa Calero

Soldat **Agustin Covisa Calero** was a Heer soldier of the Spanish Blue Division. He was from Madrid and was the second victim of the killer. He had carved into his chest the words "Watching over all men", as well as this he had his heart cut out and left on his leg. By the time his body had been found, his heart had gone and had been eaten by one of the local lunatics who had been left to fend for themselves in the old monastery. It later turns out he was killed for no reason as he was simply mistaken for Tiroliro.
Becker (Disambiguation)

**Becker** is a surname.

**Becker** may refer to:

* Becker, a Heer Oberleutnant, in *April 9th*.
* Becker, a Heer Soldat, in *Death Race*.
* Becker, a SD Obersturmführer, in *Female Agents*.
* Becker, a SS officer, in *Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil*.
* Becker, a Luftwaffe Oberst, in *Hogan's Heroes*.
* Becker, a Kriegsmarine Officer, in *Sink the Bismarck!*
* Becker, a SS Unterscharführer, in *Steel Tempest*.
* Becker, a Heer Unteroffizier, in *The Bridge at Remagen*.
* Becker, a Luftwaffe Hauptmann, in *The Great Love*.
* Becker, a Heer soldier, in *The Keeper*.
* Becker, a Heer Major, in *The Longest Day*.
* Becker, a SS Hauptsturmführer, in *Werewolves of the Third Reich*.
* Paul Becker, a U.S Army Sergeant, in *The Thin Red Line*.
* Wally Becker, a USAAF Lieutenant, in *The Way to the Stars*.
Bernard Montgomery (Churchill)

General **Bernard Law Montgomery** is the commander of the British forces for the Normandy landings.

## Awards

* Order of the Bath
* Distinguished Service Order
* 1914 Star
* British War Medal
* Victory Medal
* General Service Medal
* King George V Silver Jubilee
* King George VI Coronation Medal
* Croix de Guerre 1914–1918

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Bernard Law Montgomery. [1]

## Gallery

Alan Brooke, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery.Alan Brooke, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery.Smuts, Churchill, George VI, Brooke, Eisenhower and Montgomery.
Bartimeo

**Bartimeo** is a medical officer aboard the U.S submarine, *USS Seaviper*. He is forced into amputating the leg of a rescued American P.O.W who was brought aboard the submarine. The man's wound had turned gangrene and there was no other option. He didn't have the tools aboard to do such a task but there was nothing else they could do, other than leave him to die a painful death. He amputated the P.O.W's leg but the man died anyway.
Brigadier (The Wind Cannot Read)

The Brigadier was an officer of the British Army serving in Burma and India. In 1943 he was in charge of a military language school in Delhi, where they taught the selected officers Japanese in order to help with the interrogation of prisoners.

Later he was captured by the Japanese army when he was patrolling with Squadron Leader Fenwick, Flight Lieutenant Michael Quinn and an Indian driver. The Brigadier was shot and the Indian driver was later shot when he tried to escape during questioning.

## Awards

* Distinguished Service Order
* Military Cross
* India General Service Medal

## Gallery

Brigadier, Sikh Soldier, Fenwick and Quinn.
Bauer (Crimean)

Oberersturmführer **Bauer** was a Schutzstaffel officer serving at a prison camp for Russian P.O.W.s. He served under the command of Hauptsturmführer Schultz.

He later served in the Crimean Tatar Legion when it was created.

## Awards

* Close Combat Clasp (Silver)
* Infantry Assault Badge (Silver)
* Wound Badge (Silver)
* Golden Party Badge

## Notes

* He wears a Heer uniform.
* He is addressed as Leutnant.
* He wears a Heer cap.
* He wears a SS coat complete with an SS armband.

## Gallery

Schultz and Bauer.Schultz and Bauer.Schultz and Bauer.Schultz, Bauer and Sadik Turan.
Benny Lindowski

**Benny "The Kid" Lindowski** was a member of Joey "Joey Boy" Thompson's criminal gang. They ran an illegal gambling den until they were caught and given the choice of prison or joining the army.

## Gallery

Joey Boy, Rabbit Malone and Benny Lindowski.Clarence Doubleday, Joey Boy, Rabbit Malone, George Long and Benny Lindowski.George Long, Clarence Doubleday, Benny Lindowski, Rabbit Malone and Joey Boy.Joey Boy, Benny Lindowski, Rabbit Malone and Clarence Doubleday.
Bernard Bligh

**Bernard Bligh** is a middle-ranking bank clerk in his late twenties. He has lived alone with his father in a large house in London ever since his mother died. His father suffers from shell shock after serving in the Great War and, as a result, never speaks. He later meets Queenie and the two marry. Bernard later impulsively, joins the RAF, leaving Queenie to look after his mentally incapacitated father.

After the war, Queenie believed that Bernard was dead as he never returned home. But Bernard returns to her after years away. She later goes into labour and has a dark-skinned baby. Despite the fact that Bernard is racist, he offers to raise the child with Queenie. She refuses, however, believing that he would come to blame all of the things in his life that go badly on the baby.

Queenie stops Hortense and Gilbert Joseph as they are leaving to start a new life elsewhere and begs them to take the baby, whom she has named Michael, after his real father. They initially refuse, but later agree, and take the baby with them whilst an emotional Queenie is comforted by Bernard. Queenie gave the Josephs a photo of herself and a little money to help the baby.
Benito Mussolini (Munich: The Edge of War)

**Benito Mussolini** was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the Fascist coup d'état in 1922. In Munich on 30 September 1938, and signed the Munich Agreement, with Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, and Édouard Daladier.

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Benito Mussolini. [1]
Baumgarten

**Baumgarten**  was a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Baumgarten was a sophisticated, modern and successful professor of Criminal Law in Berlin who taught bright, admiring students and obviously mixed in fairly high circles.

It transpired that he was brought up believing he was German – a good, Jew-hating German who knew nothing of the Jewish way of life, only that Jews were dirty, deceitful and dishonest.

He was appointed Head of Court in the trial. He was brisk, confident, demanded authority and seemed to take control naturally, gaining respect while being kind and fair.

## Gallery

Schmidt and Baumgarten.Schmidt, Baumgarten, Blockaltester and Mordechai.
Berthold Kohrs

Oberleutnant **Berthold Kohrs** was a Heer Panzergrenadier officer serving in occupied France. He and his men provided support for a German tank. When American soldier Vince knocked the tank out by shooting the commander and throwing a grenade into the open hatch, killing the crew, the Oberleutnant and his men charged at him. Vince got on the turret and used the machine gun located there to kill several German soldiers, before Kohrs shot him and wounded him. Kohrs prepared to finish him off, but was then alerted to the approach of the other Americans, and he and his men escaped.

Later, Kohrs was captured by the Americans, and knew that it was Vince, not Wharton who had taken out the tank. However, Wharton was taking credit for Vince's heroic act. Kohrs threatened to tell the other Americans the truth unless Wharton helped him escape. As Wharton struggled to make a decision, Saunders returned. After Wharton confessed the truth, Kohrs decided to make a run for it, and ended up being shot in the back by Wharton.

## Notes

* Although he refers to himself as an Oberleutnant, he has a Leutnant's insignia.
Berthold von Stauffenberg

Korvettenkapitän **Berthold von Stauffenberg** was a German aristocrat and lawyer who was a key conspirator in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944, alongside his younger brother, Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. Berthold's apartment at Tristanstraße in Berlin, where his brother Claus also lived for some time, was a meeting place for the 20 July conspirators, including their cousin Peter Yorck von Wartenburg.

After the plot failed, Berthold was tried and executed by the Nazi regime.

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Berthold Graf von Stauffenberg. [1]

## Gallery

Claus and Berthold von Stauffenberg.Claus and Berthold von Stauffenberg and Werner von Haeften.Berthold and Claus von Stauffenberg.Berthold and Claus von Stauffenberg.
Bertaine

**Bertaine** was a French fisherman who lived in Tunisia with his daughter, Marianne Bertaine. Bertaine was working with the Allies and had made a plan to help them rescue a whole P.O.W. camp by getting the local fishermen to help. Bertaine was to bring Sergeant Sam Troy and his team into the port and meet up with El Gamil but Bertaine was killed at sea by a German patrol who then brought his boat back to harbour with the hidden Allies.
British Officer (Paisan)

He was an officer of Popski's Private Army. He was to meet with Captain Dale and the Italian Partisans to pick up two downed RAF men, when they came under attack from the Germans. They were captured and held as prisoners.

## Notes

* His cap badge it that of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, which was probably his former unit.

## Gallery

British Officer, Squadron Leader, Dale and Lieutenant.
Brent

Second Lieutenant **Brent** is a British Army officer who visits the Ashton home, with Dimmock and talks with Jean and Edwin. Though their stated purpose is to investigate Harry Porter's background, they seem to be more interested in his son, John. They make special note of the fact that John was able to construct his own radio sets. Dimmock mentions that they are due at 19-TC in Formby tomorrow morning, and Edwin confirms that is where John trained before shipping out to France. The officers ask to see a photo album of the wedding, explaining that they need to establish that this is the same Harry Porter, but Jean says that Harry and his wife left the wedding before photographs were taken.

Dimmock and Brent return, and Dimmock readily admits that they are really wanting information on John Porter, not his father. Brent reveals to Edwin that the army picked up a radio transmission from Belgium a couple of weeks ago, and the radio operator identified himself as John Porter. However, Dimmock quickly cautions Edwin that the signal may very well be nothing but a ruse by the Germans, trying to locate this John Porter's unit. What British Intelligence needs, he explains, is some obscure details that only John would know but not the Germans. With any luck, says Dimmock, they can clarify the meaning of that telegram, "Missing, believed killed", and Brent adds, "One way or the other." They ask what sort of chap John is, and Edwin replies that he is quiet and very ordinary. Dimmock says that some of these resistance groups are rather brutal, locking their captives in cellars for months on end, to elicit work out of them.
British Lieutenant (Desert Mice)

The Lieutenant is an officer of the British Army serving North Africa in 1940. He bursts into a brothel with two MPs and orders all of the soldiers and sailors there not to leave and to give there names and numbers. The elderly Miss Patch who was playing the piano tells him that that wasn't very polite and he is surprised to see her there and asks her what she is doing there. Miss Patch tells her she is a guest there and the Lieutenant was just about to explain to her that she is in a brothel, but is interrupted by the arrival of Major Poskett. The Lieutenant then takes the name of Major Poskett.
Bowman

Private **Bowman** was a U.S Army soldier. He was part of a team who were sent deep behind German lines in occupied France to destroy a secret radar instillation.

Having successfully swooped in and brought down a German radio base in an old house the American patrol move on to the next mission. Unfortunately the troops which they are meant to be joining forces with never show up leaving the men with a decision. Sergeant King believes it is their patriotic duty to continue with the mission even though some of the men are less keen, concerned that the troop they were to rendezvous with might have been captured and talked of the mission. Despite this King has his way and the men proceed with the mission and to the next target.
Bob (Disambiguation)

**Bob** is a masculine given name and often a shortened version of Robert.

**Bob** may refer to:

* Bob, a British Army Sergeant, in *Code Name, Red Roses*.
* Bob, a British Army Private, in *Desert Battle*.
* Bob Ashley, a RAF Sergeant, in *One of Our Aircraft Is Missing*.
* Bob Hendley, a RAF Flight Lieutenant, in *The Great Escape*.
* Bob Johnson, a U.S Army Sergeant, in *A Canterbury Tale*.
* Bob Martin, a U.S Army Corporal, in *Buck Privates*.
* Bob Prescott, a U.S Army Private, in *The Adventures of a Rookie*.
* Bob Rains, a British Commando, in *Age of Heroes*.
* Bob Tremaine, a USAAF Second Lieutenant, in *Fortress*.
* Bob Trubshaw, a member of the RAF, in *A Matter of Life and Death*.
* Bob Tucker, a British Army Lieutenant Colonel, in *Hell in the Aegean*.
* Bob Wallace, a U.S Army Captain, in *White Christmas*.
Brent Willoughby

**Brent Willoughby** was a member of the Royal Air Force who was being held as a prisoner of war. He was being transported by train with a group of other prisoners, when a group of American soldiers, led by Nathaniel Burrows Jr. entered their carriage. Burrows and his men were on a mission into Germany and Willoughby offered to join them as they needed an extra man and as he said "I've nothing better to do".
Braun (Dame of Sark)

Hauptsturmführer Dr. **Braun** was a Schutzstaffel officer who arrived on the island of Sark, with Major Albrecht Lanz. He acted as an interpreter for Lanz as he had limited English.

In 1943 Braun came to the home of Dame Sibyl Hathaway to take her husband, Robert Hathaway, away to an internment camp in Germany.
Bradley (Disambiguation)

**Bradley** is a surname and also a given name.

**Bradley** may refer to:

* Bradley Armstrong, a U.S Army Colonel, in *Alone We Fight*.
* Bradley Finch, a USAAF First Lieutenant, in *Shadow in the Cloud*.
* David Bradley, a RAF Flight Lieutenant, in *Every Time We Say Goodbye*.
* Omar Bradley, a U.S Army Lieutenant General, in *Battle of the Bulge: Winter War*.
* Omar Bradley, a U.S Army Lieutenant General, in *D-Day*.
* Omar Bradley, a U.S Army Lieutenant General, in *Ike*.
* Omar Bradley, a U.S Army Lieutenant General, in *Ike: Countdown to D-Day*.
* Omar Bradley, a U.S Army Lieutenant General, in *Is Paris Burning?*
* Omar Bradley, a U.S Army Lieutenant General, in *The Longest Day*.
* Phil Bradley, a British Army Captain, in *Operation Crossbow*.
Ashurst

Vice Admiral **Ashurst** was a Royal Navy officer. He chose Lieutenant Commander Thomas Jeffords to command a flotilla of Motor Torpedo Boats for a top secret mission. He is also the father of Commander Roger Ashurst.

## Awards

* Order of the Bath
* Order of St Michael and St George
* Royal Victorian Order
* Order of the British Empire
* Distinguished Service Cross
* Naval General Service Medal (1915)
* 1914-15 Star
* British War Medal
* Victory Medal
* General Service Medal
* King George V Silver Jubilee
* King George VI Coronation Medal
Brian MacLean

**Brian MacLean**, Johnny Dutton, Francis Patrick "Tiny" Murphy, "Blimp" Lebec, and British expatriate "Scrounger" Harris are bush pilots competing for business in rugged Northern Ontario, Canada in 1939, as the Second World War is beginning. Dutton, whose ambition is to start his own airline, flies by the book but MacLean is a seat-of-the-pants kind of pilot, mirroring the differences in their personalities.

Dutton saves MacLean's life after he is struck in the head by a still-moving propeller by transporting a doctor under dangerous flying conditions. MacLean is grateful and joins Dutton in a temporary partnership to help Dutton earn the seed fund for his airline. When Dutton rejects MacLean's warning about the gold digging character of Dutton's badly-behaved girlfriend Emily Foster, MacLean marries her in order to save Dutton from a life of misery. Dutton, however, does not understand that MacLean's actions are an act of kindness, and so he abruptly ends their friendship. Depressed, Dutton impulsively gives his savings to charity and enlists in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Later, after hearing Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech on the radio, MacLean and the other bush pilots attempt to enlist in the air force, only to discover that they are too old for combat. They reluctantly agree to train as flight instructors for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Their superior officer is none other than Dutton. MacLean's brash and fiercely independent nature clashes with the military way of doing things, and he inevitably washes out. For revenge, he and "Tiny" buzz the airfield in their bush planes when renowned Canadian First World War ace Air Marshal William "Billy" Bishop is speaking during the group's graduation ceremony. During the buzzing,"Tiny" suffers a blackout and crashes the plane and dies.

When two transport aircraft crash, killing all 44 ferry pilots aboard, there is a desperate call for pilots to ferry a group of unarmed Lockheed Hudson bombers from Gander, Newfoundland to Britain. MacLean pretends to be Murphy and volunteers. Dutton recognizes him but nonetheless permits him to fly after the two reconcile. Near the coast of the British Isles, the bombers are attacked ruthlessly by a single German fighter plane, a Messerschmitt Bf 109. "Blimp" Lebec's plane is shot down and it becomes clear that the Messerschmitt intends to pick off the bombers one by one. After MacLean's navigator "Scrounger" is killed, MacLean uses his flying skills to crash his unwieldy bomber into the nimble fighter, sacrificing himself to save the remainder of the group.

## Gallery

Brian MacLean and Emily Foster.Francis Patrick Murphy, Emily, Johnny Dutton, and MacLean.Francis Patrick Murphy, Johnny Dutton, and MacLean.Scrounger Harris and Brian MacLean.
Brace

Corporal **"Taffy" Brace** was a soldier of the British Army at the Main Dressing Station in the Schoonoord Hotel of the Oosterbeek Perimeter. He is an optimistic soldier who keeps the spirits of the men up and tries to save as much morphine as possible. Like many of the medical personal, Taffy is left behind to be captured by the Germans as Roy Urquhart is ordered to retreat.

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Terry "Taffy" Brace.
Brenheim

> "*You are a very brave man. If I were in your position, I doubt very much whether I could've held out as long as you have. But we both know that there is an end to your bravery somewhere... just as there is an end to my patience.*"
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Major **Brenheim** is a Heer officer serving under General-Feldmarschall Hauser. He was in charge of interrogating Italian partisan member Emilio Frazini and finding out which roads Allied troops would be using in an upcoming offensive (which the Gorillas had tricked Hauser into believing had already begun). He admitted that he admired how long Frazini was resisting him, but insisted that his patience was running out.

He was interrupted when an SS Sturmbannführer and his entourage (actually the disguised Gorillas) entered the interrogation room, and informed him that the offensive was false. "Actor", portraying the role of the "Sturmbannführer," dressed Brenheim down as incompetent and inefficient and told him he was relieved of his command, and that they would be questioning the prisoner. A terrified Brenheim left the room. However, when the group made to leave with Frazini, Brenheim's aide alerted him.

Confronting the group, a suddenly suspicious Brenheim demanded to know where they were going with Frazini when the interrogation could be conducted right there just as well as anywhere else. "Actor" replied that they were taking him to SS headquarters. Realizing the "SS officers" were fakes, Brenheim grabbed for "Actor's" sidearm and tried to pull it from its holster. "Actor" grabbed his wrist, then punched him, knocking him unconscious.

## Notes

* Although he is credited as a Colonel (Oberst), Brenheim is addressed as a Major and wears the corresponding rank insignia of one.
British Soldier (Folgore Division)

The Private was a soldier of the British Army serving in North Africa. He was wounded during an attack by Italian paratroopers. He was about to be stabbed by of of the Italians when the Italian realised that he was wounded. The Italian then smiled at him and gave him his canteen, the Private took and drink and smiled back at the Italian before dying from his wound. A shell then exploded killing the Italian soldier with the two men lying next to each other dead.
Billy Munns

Private **Billy Munns** was a soldier of No. 4 Commando. He joined the commandos shortly after returning from Dunkirk in 1940, along with Sergeant Harry McBain. They had both been part of the Dragoons up until that point. In 1944 he and the other men of his squad are chosen to take part in a mission behind enemy lines in France to capture vital maps from a high ranking German officer. They are to be led by Captain Gabriel Jackson is a U.S Army officer, who lived in the area as a child with his grandmother, and he speaks fluent French. The Brits resent having to be under the command of Jackson, especially McBain, who feels his team would have been fine doing the mission on their own. But the Brits grow to trust and like Jackson.
Billy Monk

Lieutenant **Billy Monk** is a U.S Army officer stationed on the liberated island of Rotohan. He has been unable to capture a Japanese holdout called Kobayashi suspected of pilfering military supplies. So Second Lieutenant Merle Wye has been sent there to relieve him.

## Notes

* The shoulder patch on his uniform is one of the U.S. Army's Ryukyu Command. This film is set during WWII and this patch did not appear until 1950 (although some references state it was unofficial as early as 1947).

## Gallery

Monk, Wye, Blue and Tada.Merle Wye, Molly Blue and Billy Monk.Monk, Tada and Wye.Korotny, Blue, Wye and Monk.
Bonner Fellers

Brigadier General **Bonner Frank Fellers** was an officer of the U.S Army. He served under the command of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific and accompanied him to Japan after the surrender. He was tasked by MacArthur to bring leading Japanese officials to justice and then to decide if Emperor Hirohito was also responsible for war crimes.

Fellers was awarded the Second Order of the Sacred Treasure for his contribution to Japanese-American friendship. He was demoted to the rank of Colonel by General Eisenhower and became active in politics after leaving the army.

## Awards

* Bronze Star Medal
* Purple Heart
* Army Commendation Medal
* American Campaign Medal
* European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
* Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of Bonner Frank Fellers. [1]
* He is shown to have had a relationship with the Japanese woman, Aya Shimada, this is purely fictional as the real Fellers was married.
* At the end of the film, a summary of the main characters states that General Fellers was demoted to Colonel by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower in fact had nothing to do with Fellers's reduction in rank - this was an administrative reduction at the end of World War II when over 200 Brigadier Generals holding temporary rank were reduced to the permanent rank of Colonel. The reduction was not punitive, nor unexpected, and quite normal for the demobilization procedures of the time.
Blackie Benson

**Blackie Benson** is an assistant, along with Heathcliff, to the stunt pilot Jinx Roberts. All three are fired from the carnival and air show that they work for after a disagreement. Jinx decides that he should join the Army Air Corps, so they go to a nightclub to party one last time. Blackie and Heathcliff also decide to join the Air Corps as ground crewmen and fall in love with twin USO hostesses. After some time Blackie and Heathcliff are both dishonorably discharged from the corps.
Boris (Disambiguation)

**Boris** is a masculine given name.

**Boris** may refer to:

* Boris a Red Army Stárshiy leytenánt, in *Archives of Death*.
* Boris, a Yugoslav Partisan, in *Partisan Squadron*.
* Boris Chopak, a Red Army Kapitán, in *Battle for Sevastopol*.
* Boris Deryugin, a Red Army sniper, in *Sniper: Weapon of Retaliation*.
* Boris Petrov, a Red Army Mayór, in *Kill Stalin*.
* Boris Smyslovsky, a Heer Generalmajor, in *East Wind*.
* Boris Tiraspolsky, a Red Army soldier, in *Gu-Ga*.
* Boris Yermakov, a Red Army Kapitán, in *Battalions Ask for Fire*.
Briggs (Disambiguation)

**Briggs** is a surname.

**Briggs** may refer to:

* Briggs, a British Army Sergeant, in *A Family at War*.
* Briggs, a U.S Army Private, in *Everyman's War*.
* Briggs, a British Army Major, in *Heroes Without Glory*.
* Briggs, a U.S Army First Lieutenant, in *Saving Private Ryan*.
* Briggs, a USAAF Sergeant, in *When Willie Comes Marching Home*.
* Briggs, a British Army Captain, in *World on Fire*.
* Jimmy Briggs, a RAF Squadron Leader, in *Manhunt*.
* Tony Briggs, a RNVR Lieutenant, in *A Family at War*.
Bill Brown

Wing Commander Tim Mason is nearing the end of his third tour of operations, meaning that he has flown nearly 90 missions over Germany. Having twice volunteered to continue operational flying, Mason is keen to make it a round 90 "ops", but just as he is nearing the end of his tour he receives orders banning him from further flying. Meanwhile, losses are mounting and several raids are being seen as failures, so that some of the members of his crews, Flight Lieutenant **Bill Brown** and Pilot Officer Peter "The Brat" Greeno among them, are thinking that there must be a "jinx" at work. Soon afterwards, "The Brat" is caught sending unauthorised telegrams off the station. These turn out to be written to his wife, Pam, rather than anything more sinister; however, Mason reprimands Greeno for the lapse in security. A few days later, Greeno's aircraft fails to return from a raid and Mason agrees to meet Pam, who has asked to see him.

With only one more flight to go, he accepts that the decision to ground him was for his own good, and he visits Brown's aircraft as Brown and his crew prepare to take off on a mission. As the crew board the Lancaster the large 4,000 lb "cookie" bomb that is part of the bomber's load, slips from the bomb shackles and injures one of the crew. With no time to obtain a replacement crew member, US observer "Mac" Baker takes his place. Mason decides to go as well, to reassure the crew's worries about the jinx, and the bomber takes off.

During the attack on the target, the Pathfinder plane directing the raid is shot down, causing the remaining bombers to begin bombing inaccurately. Hearing and seeing this, Mason takes the Pathfinder's place on the radio, broadcasting corrections and accurate instructions, and the bombing becomes accurate again. Listening-in to the Pathfinder's broadcast back in Britain, Mason's commanding officer, Group Captain Logan hears Mason's voice and realises that he's disobeyed orders and flown on the operation. However, Mason's intervention turns the raid from a probable failure to a success, so on Mason's return Logan greets him at his aircraft.

At the end of the mission, Mason, along with Eve Canyon, Brown and Greeno's wife Pam, take a taxi to Buckingham Palace to receive an award from King George VI.
Billy Colvero

Sergeant **Billy Colvero** is a U.S Army Air Force non-commissioned officer of the 525th Bomb Group. He was stationed on the new American air base near the village of Market Wetherby, Suffolk. He served as a tail gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress named "*Ginger Rogers 2*", under the command of the skipper Captain "Red" Berwash. He enlisted when he was 14 years old and lied about his age but he is found out all be it nearly a year later as he is 15. He is sent back to the US, but Colonel Rufus Krasnowici and Major James Kiley promise to mention on his record the fact that he has shot down two planes on his last mission.
Boris Smyslovsky

Generalmajor **Boris Smyslovsky** was a Heer officer of the First Russian National Army. He was a veteran of the former Imperial Russian Army and had fought for the White Russians during the Russian Civil War.

At the end of WW2 he and his men moved into Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein was the only state which denied Soviet demands for the extradition of Russians who fought on the side of the Axis powers. The Russians were cared for by the Liechtenstein Red Cross. On 16 August 1945, a Soviet delegation came to Liechtenstein in an attempt to repatriate the Russians. Homesick and subject to cajoling and menacing, about 200 of the group agreed to return. They departed in a train to Vienna and nothing was ever heard of them again. The remainder stayed in Liechtenstein for another year, resisting with support of Liechtenstein further pressure by the Soviet government to participate in the repatriation program. Eventually the government of Argentina offered asylum, and about a hundred people left.

Like most of the rest he went into exile in Argentina. In 1975 he returned to Liechtenstein with his wife Irene. He died in Vaduz on 5 September 1988.

## Awards

* Order of the German Eagle
* Close Combat Clasp (Gold)
* War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords
* Eastern Front Medal
* Ostvolk Medal 1st Class (Gold)
* Ostvolk Medal 1st Class (Silver)
* Ostvolk Medal 2nd Class (Gold)
* Ostvolk Medal 2nd Class (Silver)
* Ostvolk Medal 2nd Class (Bronze)
* Wound Badge (Gold)

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Boris Smyslovsky. [1]

## Gallery

Boris Smyslovsky and Sochin.Anton Siegler and Boris Smyslovsky.Boris and Irène Smyslovsky.Josef Hoop and Boris Smyslovsky.Boris Smyslovsky and Sochin.
Auschwitz Flute Player

She was a Jewish woman who was part of a group of musicians to play music for the new arrivals at Auschwitz concentration camp. When they began to play so called "Jew music", the Hauptsturmführer ordered them to stop and then shot the Conductor. When the musicians continued to play, he then shot them as well.
British Corporal

He was a Corporal of the British Army serving in North Africa in 1942. He was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Harker and part of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG). Harker and his men had been tasked to destroy a fuel depot and German field artillery pieces protecting the harbour at Tobruk, before a scheduled amphibious landing and a bombing raid on the city by the Royal Air Force.
Boissier

Legionnaire **Boissier** was a French Foreign Legion soldier.

In French Tunisia, during the Second World War, a convoy of the French Foreign Legion is charged to recover gold bars of six billion francs from a bank in El Ksour in order to bring them into a safe place for the French government.

On 4 April 1943, a contingent of the Foreign Legion enters the seemingly abandoned and partially destroyed town of El Ksour. Unbeknownst to them, a German platoon holds the town and ambushes the French Foreign Legion convoy - killing most of them. Only five legionnaires survive the attack and take refuge in a hotel in ruins.

At night, legionnaire Borzik heads out with Adjudant Édouard Mahuzard to recover arms and ammunition. But Borzik is killed.

The remaining légionnaires include Sergent Pierre Augagneur and Boissier. They find the corpulent and pusillanimous artilleryman Béral sitting in the toilets, suffering from dysentery.

Béral and Augagneur then sneak out and use a Howitzer on the Germans, killing them all except Oberstleutnant Karl Brenner.

The legionnaires enter the bank. Augagneur and Boissier want to steal the gold for themselves but Mahuzard wishes to continue the original mission. A fight breaks out between Mahuzard and Augagneur. Augagneur wins and locks Mahuzard in a room, as the manager of the bank arrives, François de La Roche-Fréon.

Augagneur then tries to seduce Helene, Francois' wife. They are interrupted by the German Oberstleutnant Karl, who arrives in a tank. Karl became friendly with Helen during the occupation. Helen helps Augagneur capture Karl and suggests they take the gold and sell it to an American launderer, Bob Turner, and split it three ways.

Meanwhile, in the bank, Mahuzard convinces Béral to release him. He captures Augagneur and Karl upon their return and locks them in a vault with Bossier.

Mahuzard has dinner with the bank manager and his wife, who steals the key to the vault. Helen releases Augagneur, Boissier and Karl. They return with the tank and surprise Mahuzard and Béral who have just completed the loading of gold into an armored car and are preparing to leave. In the meantime, Francois has electrocuted himself to death by urinating on a live wire.

Augagneur sends Boissier to seize the van. Mahuzard shoots Boissier dead. Karl fires the tank's gun and completely destroys the van containing the gold, killing Mahuzard and Béral instantly.

Helene tries to get Augagneur to kill Karl but he refuses, Karl also reveals Helene made the same offer to him against Augagneur. The two then load the bulk of bullion onto the truck, leaving only 300 kilos of gold to Helene while they take 10,000.

Augagneur and Karl head south in the tank to sell the gold, but have to stop at a German filling station to refuel. Karl persuades Augagneur to leave the tank so he won't be spotted. The German commander wants the tank. Augagneur escapes into the desert and has to give up the gold.

## Gallery

Pierre Augagneur, Édouard Mahuzard, and Boissier.Pierre Augagneur, Édouard Mahuzard, and Boissier.Pierre Augagneur, Édouard Mahuzard, Boissier, and Béral.Pierre Augagneur, Édouard Mahuzard, Boissier, and Béral.
Bill E. Rourk

Ensign **Bill E. Rourk** is an officer of the U.S Coast Guard.

Before the war he worked in a shipyard as a foreman. He has a feud with a former American football star, Barney Walker, who now works there. He is romantically attracted to Louise Ryan, an admiral's daughter working as a wartime welder, but she is dating Commander Ian McFarland, of the U.S Coast Guard.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor McFarland asks for volunteers to join the officer training school of the Coast Guard. The men who volunteer are all sent to be trained as officer cadets of the reserves. Rourk doesn't volunteer as he had served in the navy before and doesn't want to again. Rourk is later told a lie by Barney. He says that as Rourk didn't volunteer, McFarland has had his name put forward for the infantry instead. This lie encourages Rourk to then volunteer for the Coast Guard.

During training Rourk loses control of his LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) and Barney convinces most of the other trainees that Rourk did it on purpose so he would be washed out of the Coast Guard and he also tells his superiors.

After the others graduate, they are deployed to the Pacific where they transport Marines to the beaches in LCVPs, whilst Rourk is not given an officers commission but returned to the rank of his previous service, a Chief Bosun's Mate.

Chief Bosun's Mate Rourk then serves in the Pacific aboard a ship after McFarland had requested him. Whilst there he meets his old friends and Barney once again. Barney is later fatally injured after the ship is strafed by a Japanese plane and confesses his lies about Rourk to McFarland before dying. When a former shipyard colleague, young Anthony "Tony" Jessup, is stranded and endangered, Rourk disobeys orders and heroically tries to save Tony, who dies while being rescued. McFarland commends his bravery, and after returning back to the US Rourk is promoted to Lieutenant and given a position at the training school.

## Gallery

Louise Ryan and Bill Rourk.Adair, Bill Rourk and Ian McFarland.Bill Rourk and Louise Ryan.
Boyd (Disambiguation)

**Boyd** is a surname sometimes used as a given name.

**Boyd** may refer to:

* Boyd, a British Army Lieutenant General, in *Operation Crossbow*.
* Boyd, a U.S Army Private, in *Saving Private Ryan*.
* Boyd, a British Army Private, in *They Who Dare*.
* Boyd Swan, a U.S Army Technician Fifth grade, in *Fury*.
* Larry Boyd, a British Army Private, in *P.O.W.*
Bledsop

Colonel **Bledsop** was a British Army officer of the East Lancashire Regiment serving as the commandant of a British P.O.W. camp in Ashton-in-Makerfield in Lancashire. He was bribed by football manager Jack Friar with some cigars to let Bernhard Trautmann be allowed out of the camp under his supervision so he could use him as the goalkeeper for his and team.

## Awards

* Distinguished Conduct Medal
* Distinguished Service Order
* Military Cross
* 1914-15 Star
* British War Medal
* Victory Medal
* 1939–45 Star
* France and Germany Star
* Defence Medal
Borante Domizlaff

Sturmbannführer Dr. **Borante Domizlaff** was a Sicherheitsdienst officer serving in Italy under the command of Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler. He helped plan and participated in the Ardeatine Massacre.

## Awards

* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
* Iron Cross 1st Class
* Iron Cross 2nd Class

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Borante Domizlaff.

## Gallery

Borante Domizlaff and Herbert Kappler.Carl-Theodor Schütz, Obersturmführer, Borante Domizlaff and Wetjen.Carl-Theodor Schütz, Obersturmführer, Herbert Kappler and Borante Domizlaff.Borante Domizlaff and Herbert Kappler.Wetjen, Herbert Kappler and Borante Domizlaff.
Bales

**"Blackie" Bales** was a pilot of the First American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) serving in China.

"Blackie" is abandoned by his wingman, Woodrow Jason, who goes off to shoot down a Japanese aircraft. As a result, "Blackie" comes under fire from another and must bail out of his burning P-40. While hanging suspended in his parachute, he is strafed to death by the Japanese pilot.
Bierficker

Kapitänleutnant **Bierficker** was a 16 year old Kriegsmarine officer of the U-Boat U-666. Bierficker was accidentally killed by Rudolph Braunschweiger when he shot the American Ribbonclerk and the bullets passed through him and killed Bierficker.

## Notes

* Although he is meant to be a Lieutenant, he has no rank insignia.
* His cap tally says Volksmarine. The Volksmarine was the East German Navy created after the war.
Bingo Harper

In the days just after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American people are asking "Where is our navy? Why doesn't it fight?" Gravely weakened by the disaster, the US Navy comes up with a plan to trap the Japanese fleet, by using one carrier as several ships to deceive the Japanese Navy into heading for Midway, where a showdown with them will be planned. Meanwhile, on the carrier charged with the mission, Flight Commander **Bingo Harper** is in charge of the bomber crews on one of the aircraft carriers *"Carrier X"* that shouldered the burden in the desperate early days of the war. He is tough and sticks to the rules, while his young pilots behave more like youngsters and do not always follow his logic.

A new squadron led by Lieutenant Commander Edward Moulton is assigned to the carrier. From the very first landing, Harper notices a careless attitude by ex-Hollywood Academy Award–winning star Ensign Hallam "Oscar" Scott. Harper warns Moulton that the squadron's safety cannot be jeopardized and any repeat of the sloppiness will not be tolerated. Moulton does his best with his men, but he is far from having absolute control. During a bombing run, Ensign Breinard drops a bomb close to the carrier and Harper grounds him. After winning the Navy Cross for actions at Coral Sea, Ensign Cunningham fails to follow the correct takeoff procedure and ditches his aircraft into the sea, Harper forbids him to fly again. Later, Cunningham saves the ship in a suicide attack on a torpedo from a Japanese aircraft.

In the meantime, a message is received from Navy headquarters. The carrier is ordered to travel deep into enemy territory, near the Solomon Islands, and make its presence known in order to deceive the Japanese about American fleet dispositions and intentions. However, they are under strict orders not to fight. When Moulton's bombers encounter some Japanese aircraft, they follow orders and retreat, but two aircraft are lost. Not knowing the plan, the pilots are furious. This is repeated several times in other widely-separated locations, driving the aviators to the brink of rebellion. The carrier, however, accomplishes its mission as the Japanese believe that the sightings are of different American carriers, not just one.

Finally, the long-prepared trap is sprung. Deceived into believing that the American carriers are scattered across the Pacific, the Japanese are taken by surprise when the American fleet attacks their carriers. Many pilots are lost, but the Americans win a great victory. However, the last bomber, flown by Scott and very low on fuel, has trouble finding the carrier hidden by low clouds. Moulton begs Harper to turn on the searchlights to guide him in, but Harper refuses to risk betraying the carrier's location to any Japanese submarines that may be lurking nearby. Eventually, Scott's aircraft is heard crashing into the water when it runs out of fuel. Moulton and Harper quarrel, but within few minutes, it is reported that Scott has been picked up by a destroyer. Harper explains that he cares for all his pilots, but he is willing to sacrifice a few for the success of the mission.
Bobby

Private **Bobby** is a member of the "Dirty Dozen". He was brought into the team as he is a German speaker and a radioman. He used to sell electrical equipment on the black market before being caught.
He is the only member of the team who befriends the "13th man", Helmut Pendl, as the rest of the team don't trust him and suspect him of being a Nazi spy.

Bobby is killed when he is disguised as a Heer soldier, guarding a bridge. A German officer in charge of a convoy that has been halted on the bridge spots that it has been wired to blow, which forces Bobby to open fire on him and his men, and he is killed in the process.
Bower

Leutnant **Bower** was a Heer officer in occupied France. He was often seen in the company of Standartenführer Kleist. Following the July 20th plot, he assisted Kleist in his efforts to find and arrest General Friedrich von Strelitz for his involvement. In a scuffle at the train station, Bower was killed by Lieutenant Gil Hanley, who broke his neck.
Bobby (Disambiguation)

**Bobby** is a masculine given name and often a shortened version of Robert.

**Bobby** may refer to:

* Bobby, a U.S Army Private in, *The Dirty Dozen (TV Show)*.
* Bobby Cutter, a U.S Army M.P in, *The Dirty Dozen (TV Show)*.
* Bobby Grant, a British Army Lieutenant, in *The Traitor*.
* Bobby Peters, a British Army Captain, in *Colditz (1972)*.
Arlen Dregors

Private **Arlen Dregors** was a member of the "Dirty Dozen". Prior to joining the Dozen he had been sentenced to death by hanging. He was a former Philadelphia police detective who murdered a white lieutenant who had raped a French girl. His marksmanship skills make Major John Reisman choose him to be the team's sniper.
Bob Hendley

Flight Lieutenant **Bob Hendley** is an Royal Air Force officer of the Eagle Squadron and a prisoner at Stalag Luft III, where he serves as the camp's "Scrounger".

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Bishop (Little Kingdom)

Desátník **Bishop** was a Slovak Army non-commissioned officer. He and the small band of soldiers he was with were heading back from the front lines to regroup. They stopped at a brothel and were later killed by a group of rebel Communists.

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Commanding Officer, Jack, and Bishop.Commanding Officer, Jack, Bishop and Andrej.Commanding Officer, Jack, Bishop and Andrej.Jack, Bishop and Andrej.Andrej, Bishop and Commanding Officer.
Blockaltester

The Blockaltester was a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was a roughly spoken prisoner with authority, scornful of the inmates and their beliefs, telling them that he was effectively God. He was incredibly powerful in the day-to-day running as he distributed the soup.

## Gallery

Schmidt, Baumgarten, Blockaltester and Mordechai.
Braun (Disambiguation)

**Braun** is a common surname, originating from the German word for the colour brown.

**Braun** may refer to:

* Braun, a SS Hauptsturmführer, in *Colditz (1972)*.
* Braun, a SS Hauptsturmführer, in *Dame of Sark*.
* Braun, a SS Obersturmführer, in *Escape to Athena*.
* Braun, a SS Sturmbannführer, in *Miracle at Moreaux*.
* Braun, a Heer Major, in *Siberian Sniper*.
* Braun, SS Sturmbannführer, in *Steel Tempest*.
* Braun, a Kriegsmarine sailor, in *The Enemy Below*.
* Braun, a SS Hauptsturmführer, in *The Red Ghost*.
* Braun, a Heer Oberleutnant, in *They Raid by Night*.
* Eva Braun-Hitler, the wife of Adolf Hitler, in *Hunters*.
* Josef Braun, a Heer Oberst, in *Christmas Truce*.
* Karsten Braun, a Gestapo Kriminaldirektor, *Hogan's Heroes*.
* Wernher von Braun, a SS Sturmbannführer, in *Hunters*.
* Wernher von Braun, a SS Sturmbannführer, in *Greyhound Attack* and *Rocket Hunter*.
British Soldier (Island at War)

The Private was a soldier of the British Army and part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was picked up by the boat of Wilf Jonas off the French coast. As they waited for other soldiers to swim to the boat the Germans set up a mortar and began firing at the boat. They then began shooting at them, killing the soldier and the others in the water. Wilf made it back to the channel island of St. Gregory where he told of what had happened.
Brigadeführer (Torpedo)

The Brigadeführer was a Schutzstaffel officer who greeted the Generalmajor when he arrived. He was killed a short while later when Stan and his men attacked killing every German there except the Generalmajor, who they took prisoner.

## Notes

* He is wearing post 1942 rank insignia when the film is set in 1941.
Bismark

Feldwebel **Bismarck** was a German NCO serving in occupied Yugoslavia. He was approached by the man everyone thought was the Partisan fighter Captain Lescovar, but was in fact German spy Oberst Von Ingorslebon. Von Ingorslebon enlisted Bismarck's assistance in capturing Major Keith Mallory and Colonel Mike Barnsby's team, who had secreted themselves in a boxcar at the German railroad depot where Bismarck worked. Bismarck took several soldiers and attempted to storm the boxcar, however Partisan soldier Marko noticed them, and, coming up behind them, opened up with his machine gun, killing Bismarck and all of his men.
Bogatov

Cadet **Bogatov** was a Red Army Artillery cadet. He served as a cadet at the Podolsk artillery training school until he along with all of the cadets are called up to help defend the line from the approaching Germans who are pushing towards Moscow, in October 1941. He was killed before even getting to battle, when their convoy was strafed by a German plane and he was hit.