Who were some scientists who fought in WWI?

World War I As an infantry reserve officer Wegener was immediately called up when war began in 1914. read more

World War I As an infantry reserve officer Wegener was immediately called up when war began in 1914. On the war front in Belgium he experienced fierce fighting but his term lasted only a few months: after being wounded twice he was declared unfit for active service and assigned to the army weather service. read more

Interestingly, it was difficult to find cases of traditionally well known scientists fighting in World War 2 (off hand I can think of a couple cases in World War I, Schwarzchild and a promising young British physicist who was sent to die at Galipoli). read more