Escadrille Lafayette
The Escadrille Lafayette was a World War I fighter squadron formed in 1916 by American volunteer pilots flying for France before the United States formally entered the war. Celebrated as both a combat unit and a propaganda symbol, it helped shape early air combat doctrine while cementing the myth of the fighter pilot as a modern warrior.
Group Rank - 175
Kriegsmarine U-boat Crews
They were a brotherhood sealed inside steel, waging a silent war of endurance and arithmetic against the Atlantic until the ocean and industry finally broke them.
Group Rank - 179
French Fusiliers Marins
The French Fusiliers Marins are naval infantry trained to fight ashore with the discipline of sailors, the endurance of infantry, and a collective refusal to break once committed.
Group Rank - 181
Russian Grenadiers
Russian Grenadiers advanced like a moving wall of frostbitten resolve, breaking armies through sheer inevitability long after the grenades themselves stopped mattering.
Group Rank - 187
The Polish 1ST Parachute Brigade
Dropped into a doomed battle they didn’t start, the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade fought through smoke, chaos, and betrayal to become the fiercest ghosts of Arnhem.
Group Rank - 197
GROSSDEUTSCHLAND DIVISION
They fought like master craftsmen in a slaughterhouse, carving their legend in steel and smoke while serving a regime that was already rotting beneath their boots.
Group Rank - 198