Who was the last British Prime Minister to have served in the forces in World War II?
Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom soldier in Dormer's regiment during the Jacobite rising of 1715 and fought at the Battle of Preston that year against the Jacobite forces. As of the last Prime Minister to be an armed forces veteran was James Callaghan, Prime Minister in 1976–79, who served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War, from 1942 to 1945, seeing action with the East Indies Fleet and reaching the rank of Lieutenant. He was the only future Prime Minister to serve in the navy rather than the army. In contrast to many nations, Britain has had only two Prime Ministers who have
Non-Germans in the German armed forces during World War II Non-Germans in the German armed forces during World War II Non-Germans in the German armed forces during World War II were volunteers, conscripts and those otherwise induced to join who served in Nazi Germany's armed forces during World War II. In German war-time propaganda those who volunteered for service were referred to as "Freiwillige" ("volunteers"). At the same time, many non-Germans in the German armed forces were conscripts or recruited from prisoner-of-war camps. The term "Freiwillige" was used in Nazi propaganda to describe non-German Europeans (neither "Reichsdeutsche" nor "Volksdeutsche") who volunteered to fight for the Third Reich during World War