serviceyears article_title branch name
1943 -- 1945 early life of pope benedict xvi
 23px luftwaffenhelfer '' '' wehrmacht '' 23px '' reichsarbeitsdienst '' '' joseph alois ratzinger
early life of pope benedict xvi

the early life of pope benedict xvi concerns the period from his birth in 1927 through the completion of his education and ordination in 1951 .
