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The following article comprises a list of military units, paramilitary groups, irregular armies, ___________ and miscellaneous similar armed formations alike that are named after various renowned individuals.
In addition to the official military and sub-military forces of various nations (both current and historical), this list also includes armed formations that are not under government administration such as volunteer militias, mercenary units, insurgent rebel groups, militant wings of political parties, extrajudicial death squads, guerilla armies and terrorist-designated organizations.
However, combat units whose names include a particular ideological movement in them which happens to be derived after a certain individual it is associated with (such as “Marxist–Leninist”, “Nasserist” or “Christianity”) are not to be included in this article. For example, Guevarista Revolutionary Army would not be a permitted entry as the "Guevarista" part in its name refers to Guevarism, an eponymous political ideology named after communist revolutionary Che Guevara.
List[edit]
- 1st Cavalry Division "Eugenio di Savoia" – named after Prince Eugene of Savoy (Italian: Principe Eugenio di Savoia).
- 1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring – named after Hermann Göring, the final President of the Reichstag and former Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe who stood as one of Adolf Hitler's closest allies and highest ranking generals during the Third Reich.
- 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division – named after Tadeusz Kościuszko.
- 2nd Cavalry Division "Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro" – named after ____________.
- 2nd Training Motor Rifle Division "Alp Arslan" – named after Alp Arslan, the second Sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire.[1]
- 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" – named after Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (Italian: Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta)
- 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen" – Prince Eugene of Savoy (German: Prinz Eugen von Savoyen
- 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" – Florian Geyer, German nobleman who commanded the Black Company during the German Peasants' War.
- 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" – named after the Hohenstaufen Dynasty.
- 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" – named after Georg von Frundsberg.
- 17th Ali ibn Abi Taleb Division – named after Ali ibn Abi Talib.
- 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" – named after Renaissance-era German mercenary Götz von Berlichingen.[2][3]
- 18th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division "Horst Wessel" – named after Horst Wessel, a young Sturmabteilung leader who posthumously became a martyred figure (Blutzeuge) for Nazi Party propaganda after being gunned down by members of the rivaling Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands.[4][5]
- 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg – named after Skanderbeg, a 15th-century Albanian military commander who led a successful resistance against the Ottoman Empire in the Western Balkans from 1443 until 1468.
- 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia – named after Maria Theresa.
- 92nd Assault Brigade "Ivan Sirko" – named after ___________.
- 303rd "Tadeusz Kościuszko Warsaw" Fighter Squadron – named after 18th century Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko.
- Abd al-Masih Wing – named after George Abd al-Masih.[6][7]
- Abraham Lincoln Brigade – named after Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.[8][9]
- Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades – named after Abu Ali Mustafa, a communist Palestinian militant who served as the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine until his assassination by Israeli forces in 2001.
- Abu Nidal Organization – named after Abu Nidal.
- Al-Abbas Brigade a.k.a. Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas – named after Abbas ibn Ali.
- Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades – named after Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub.
- al-Zulfikar – named after Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
- Alex Boncayao Brigade – named after Filipino labor leader Alex Boncayao who was killed by Philippine government security forces during ___________.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib Battalion – named after Ali ibn Abi Talib.
- Andrew Mlangeni Regiment – named after Andrew Mlangeni.
- Antonio Gramsci Battalion – named after Antonio Gramsci, an Italian Marxist intellectual who died in 1937 as a result of health complications he accumulated from ___________.[10]
- Armée du Colonel Barakat – named after Antoine Barakat.
- Army Detachment Kempf – named after Werner Kempf.
- Army Detachment Steiner – named after Felix Steiner.
- Assata's Daughters – named after American black power activist and convicted murderer Assata Shakur who has been a fugitive from justice ever since her escape from prison in 1979.
- AWD Finland "Siitoin Squadron" – named after Pekka Siitoin, a Finnish neo-Nazi occultist.[11][12]
- Baader–Meinhof Group – named after Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof.[13][14][15]
- Babini Group – named after Valentino Babini.
- Baqir Brigade – named after Muhammad al-Baqir.
- Battaglioni M – named after Benito Mussolini.
- Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion – named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky.[16]
- Brigade "Rey Alfonso XIII" II of the Legion – named after Alfonso XIII.
- Brigate Garibaldi – named after Giuseppe Garibaldi.
- Cavalry Corps Schmettow – named after Eberhard Graf von Schmettow.
- Carlos Palomino International Brigade – named after Carlos Javier Palomino Muñoz, a Spanish teenager who was stabbed to death by a Basque neo-Nazi skinhead while heading to counter-protest at an anti-immigrant rally in Madrid.[17][18]
- Carlos Patiño Front – named after ____________.[19][20][21][22]
- Charlemagne Division – named after Charlemagne.
- Connolly Column – named after James Connolly.
- Dabrowski Battalion – named after Jarosław Dąbrowski.
- Dąbrowski Brigade – named after Jarosław Dąbrowski.
- De Watteville's Regiment – named after Louis de Watteville.
- Descendants of Saladin Brigade – named after Saladin.
- Dillon's Regiment (France) – named after Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon.
- Dimitrov Battalion – named after Georgi Dimitrov.
- Dirlewanger Brigade – named after German SS-Oberführer Oskar Dirlewanger, known for perpetrating numerous sadistic intoxicant-fueled atrocities during the Second World War.
- Division von Broich/von Manteuffel – initially named after Friedrich Freiherr von Broich during the time that the unit existed as Division von Broich. Following von Broich's death in ______, the unit was later renamed to Division von Manteuffel after Hasso von Manteuffel was appointed as its new commander.
- Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion – named after Dzhokhar Dudayev, a Chechen __________ who served as the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
- Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion – named after _________.
- Emmet Monument Association – named after Robert Emmet.
- Fallschirmjäger-Division Erdmann – named after _________.
- Fedayeen Saddam – named after Saddam Hussein.
- Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment – named after Felix Dzerzhinsky.
- Forces of Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo – named after either Syrian rebel commander Ahmad al-Abdo or Ahmad al-Abdo al-Saeed, a Syrian civilian who was killed during the Syrian revolution.
- Freikorps Caspari – named after Walter Caspari.
- Freiwilliges Feldjäger-Korps von Schmidt – named after Frohwalt von Schmidt.
- Frontal Group Ce – named after its leader Arsen Cebrzyński ("Ce" in the group's name being an abbriviation for "Cebrzyński").
- Garibaldi Battalion – named after Giuseppe Garibaldi.
- Garibaldi Brigade – named after _____________.
- Gajaba Regiment – named after Gajabahuka Gamani.
- George Jackson Brigade – named after ______________ and Black Guerrilla Family founder George Jackson.
- George Washington Battalion – named after American founding father George Washington, who served as the very first president of the United States.
- Grey's Scouts – named after George Grey.
- Hadžiefendić Legion – named after Muhamed Hadžiefendić.
- Hazen's Regiment – named after Moses Hazen.
- Henri Barbusse Battalion – named after Henri Barbusse, a French communist and novelist.
- Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin – named after Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
- Hezb-i Islami Khalis – named after Mohammad Yunus Khalis.
- Hlinka Guard – named after Andrej Hlinka, a Slovak Clerico-Fascist politician who founded and led the Slovak People's Party up until his death in 1938.
- Hompesch Hussars – named after _________.
- Huey P. Newton Gun Club – named after Black Panther Party founder and far-left African-American civil rights activist Huey P. Newton.
- Ibn Taymiyyah Brigade – named after Ibn Taymiyya.
- Imam al-Mahdi Scouts – named after _________.
- Imam Ali Battalion – named after Imam Ali.
- Infantry Division Ferdinand von Schill – named after Ferdinand von Schill.
- Infantry Division Friedrich Ludwig Jahn – named after German nationalist Friedrich Ludwig Jahn.
- Infantry Division Schlageter – named after Albert Leo Schlageter.
- Infantry Division Theodor Körner – named after Carl Theodor Körner.
- Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades – named after Izz ad-Din al-Qassam.
- Jan Žižka partisan brigade – named after _________.
- John Brown Anti-Klan Committee – named after _________.
- Jean Marc Rouillan Armed and Heartless Columns – named after _________.
- Jovan Šević Detachment – named after 18th-century Slavo-Serbian military officer Jovan Šević.
- Kadyrovites – named after Chechen pro-Russian warlord Ramzan Kadyrov in order to designate their allegiance to him.[25]
- Kaminski Brigade – named after Bronislav Kaminski.
- Karrer Regiment – named after the group's founder and first colonel-proprietor Franz Adam Karrer.
- Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment – named after Kastuś Kalinoŭski, a __________ who was one of the leaders of the January Uprising. Kalinoŭski has posthumously become a national hero and icon for Belarusian nationalism as well as the Belarusian democracy movement.[26][27][28]
- Khalid ibn al-Walid Brigade – named after Khalid ibn al-Walid.
- Khamis Brigade – named after Khamis Gaddafi.
- Kit Carson Scouts – named after American frontiersman Kit Carson.
- Krempler Legion – named after its commander Karl von Krempler, a German SS-Standartenführer and SS- und Polizeiführer who _________ during the country's Nazi era.
- Kuer Sena – named after _________.
- Lafayette Escadrille – named after Marquis de Lafayette
- Lafayette Flying Corps – named after Marquis de Lafayette.
- Legion of Saint Stephen – named after Saint Stephen.
- Legion of St. George – named after Saint George.
- Leon Czolgosz Autonomous and Destructive Forces – named after _________.
- Leon Sedov Brigade – named after Leon Sedov, a _________ and the son of Leon Trotsky.
- Lincoln Battalion – named after Abraham Lincoln, the 6th president of the United States.
- Lorenzen Group – named after _________.
- Louise Michel battalions – named after French Anarcha-feminist Louise Michel.
- Lucetti Battalion – named after Italian _____________ Gino Lucetti.
- Lützow Free Corps – named after Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, a ___________ who ___________.
- Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion – named after William Lyon Mackenzie and Louis-Joseph Papineau, two prominent Canadian political leaders of the 1837 Rebellion.
- Maletti Group – named after Pietro Maletti.
- Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front – named after Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza
- Martyr Abu Jaafar Brigade – named after _____________.
- Martyr Ali Diyab Brigade – named after ____________.
- Martyr Mashaal Tammo Brigade – named after Syrian Kurdish political activist Mashaal Tammo.
- Martyr Mohammed Qassem Brigade – named after _____________.
- Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade – named after Turkish-born Armenian Maoist revolutionary Nubar Ozanyan.
- Mickiewicz Battalion – named after Adam Mickiewicz
- Movimiento Armado Quintin Lame – named after Quintín Lame.
- Mozart Group – named after 18th-century Austrian classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Mu'tasim Division – named after al-Mu'tasim.
- Noman Çelebicihan Battalion – named after Noman Çelebicihan.
- O'Brien's Regiment – named after Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare.
- Omar Haider Brigade – named after _____________.
- OUN-B – named after the group's leader Stepan Bandera (the "B" in the name standing for "Bandera"), a far-right Ukrainian nationalist and collaborator with the Axis powers during WWII who campaigned for Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union.[29][30][31][32]
- Palafox Battalion – named after José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza.
- Panzer Division Clausewitz – named after Carl von Clausewitz.
- Panzer Division Kempf – named after Werner Kempf.
- Pavel Sudoplatov Battalion – named after _________.
- Pećanac Chetniks – named after Kosta Pećanac.
- Peter group – named after the group's organizer Peter Schäfer (the nom de guerre of Otto Schwerdt).[33]
- Princess Irene Brigade – named after _________.
- Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club – named after _________.
- Rafallah al-Sahati Brigade – named after Rafallah al-Sahati.
- Rákosi Battalion – named after Mátyás Rákosi.
- Ranvir Sena – named after Ranvir Baba, a ________.[34][35]
- Regiment Carabiniers Prins Boudewijn – Grenadiers – named after Prince Baudouin of Belgium (Dutch: Prins Boudewijn van België).
- Regiment de Meuron – named after Charles-Daniel de Meuron.
- Régiment Royal-Louis – named after Louis XVI.
- Roll's Regiment – named after Louis de Roll.
- Rollkommando Hamann – named after its commander Joachim Hamann.
- Saint Patrick's Battalion – named after Saint Patrick.
- Sarsfield Grenadier Guards – named after Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan.
- Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling – named after Hans Siegling.
- Sheikh Mansur Battalion – named after _________.
- Simón Bolívar Guerrilla Coordinating Board – named after _________.
- Skala Battalion – named after Yuriy "Skala" Harkaviy.
- Sons of Zouari – named after _________.
- SS Brigade Schuldt – named after _________.
- SS Panzer Brigade Gross – named after Martin Gross.
- Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade – named after ___________.
- Sultan Murad Division – named after Murad IV.
- Sultan Othman Brigade – named after ___________.
- Sultan Pasha al-Atrash Battalion – named after ___________.
- Sultan Suleiman Shah Brigade – named after _______.
- Taras Shevchenko Company – named after Taras Shevchenko.
- Tercio "Alejandro Farnesio" No. 4 of the Legion – named after 16th-century Italian duke Alejandro Farnesio.
- Tercio "Duque de Alba" No. 2 of the Legion – named after Duque de Alba.
- Tercio "Gran Capitán" No. 1 of the Legion – the group's name pays homage to Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba who went by the nickname "El Gran Capitán".
- Tercio "Juan de Austria" No. 3 of the Legion – named after Juan de Austria.
- Thälmann Battalion – named after Ernst Thälmann, a German communist politician and leader of the Communist Party of Germany.
- The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov – named after its founder Eduard Veniaminovich Limonov, a Russian National Bolshevik politician and countercultural author.[36][37]
- Tudor Vladimirescu Division – named after ___________ Tudor Vladimirescu.
- Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement – named after Túpac Amaru II.
- Túpac Katari Guerrilla Army – named after Túpac Katari.
- Ukrainian interbrigade company Taras Shevchenko – named after Taras Shevchenko.
- Wagner Group – named after Richard Wagner, an influential 19th-century German opera composer.[38][39][40]
- Zośka Battalion – named after Tadeusz "Zośka" Zawadzki, a World War II Polish resistance fighter and one of the most important personalities of the Polish Underground State.[41]
Units named after legendary and mythological figures[edit]
- 38th SS-Grenadier-Division "Nibelungen" – named after _________.
- Army of God – named after the Christian god.
- Attack Drone Company "Perun Group" – named after __________.
- Atlácatl Battalion – named after Atlácatl.
- Beasts of Satan – named after Satan, another name for “the Devil” in _________.
- Church of Jesus Christ–Christian – named after _________.
- Devil's Division – named after the Devil.
- Legion of the Archangel Michael – named after Saint Michael the Archangel.
- Lord's Resistance Army – named after the Christian god.
- Lorik Sena – named after _________.
- Red God's Defenders – named after _________.
- Soldiers of Odin – named after the Norse deity Odin.
- Svarozhich Battalion – named after Svarozhits, a deity in Slavic Narive Faith.
- The Lambs of Christ – named after _________.
- Warriors of Christ the King – named after _________.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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