Last European Veterans By War
This is an incomplete list of the last surviving veterans of European wars. The last surviving veteran of any particular war, upon his death, marks the end of a historic era. Exactly who is the last surviving veteran is often an issue of contention, especially with records from long-ago wars. The "last man standing" was often very young at the time of enlistment and in many cases had lied about his age to gain entry into the service, which confuses matters further.
Read more about Last European Veterans By War: Early Modern Period, English Civil War, War of The Polish Succession, War of The Austrian Succession, Jacobite Rising, Seven Years' War, French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812, Crimean War, Italian Unification, French Invasion of Mexico, January Uprising, Franco-Prussian War, Paris Commune, Zulu War, Boer War, Potemkin Mutiny, World War I, October Revolution, Finnish Civil War, Russian Civil War, Greater Poland Uprising, German Revolution of 1918–19, Polish-Ukrainian War, Estonian War of Independence, Irish War of Independence, Polish–Soviet War, Silesian Uprisings, Turkish War of Independence, March On Rome, See Also
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