Unknown Soldier

Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier can refer to:

*The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a type of memorial site in many nations
*"The Unknown Soldier", a 1954 novel by Väinö Linna
*"The Unknown Soldier", a Finnish 1955 film based on the novel of the same name
*"The Unknown Soldier", a Finnish 1985 film
*"The Unknown Soldier", a British 1998 miniseries
*"The Unknown Soldier", a 1980 album by Roy Harper
*"Unknown Soldier", the first CD from Finnish progressive metal band Warmen
*"Unknown Soldier", a fictional war hero published by DC Comics
*"Unknown Soldier", a film directed by Donald Shebib
*"The Unknown Soldier", a song by The Doors.
*"Unknown Soldiers", the anthem of Lehi composed by Yair Stern.
*An Argentinian rock band.
*"Unknown Soldier," a song by Breaking Benjamin
*"Unknown Soldier," a song by The Casualties
*The protagonist of the video game "Forgotten Worlds", known only as "Unknown Soldier".
*A nickname for onetime Major League Baseball commissioner William Eckert.
*"Unknown Soldier (short story)" a short story written by Kurt Vonnegut


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  • Unknown Soldier — Unknown Sol|dier, the a soldier, whose name is not known, and whose body is buried in a national monument, which is usually called the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He represents all the soldiers of the same nation who died in a war, especially in …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Unknown Soldier — n. [also u s ] an unidentified soldier, killed in a war, whose body has been chosen and enshrined as representative of a nation s war dead …   English World dictionary

  • Unknown Soldier — ► NOUN ▪ an unidentified representative member of a country s armed forces killed in war, buried with special honours in a national memorial …   English terms dictionary

  • Unknown Soldier — noun an unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial • Hypernyms: ↑soldier * * * the ˌUnknown ˈSoldier 7 [Unknown Soldier] noun singular …   Useful english dictionary

  • Unknown Soldier — an unidentified soldier killed in battle and buried with honors, the tomb serving as a memorial to all the unidentified dead of a nation s armed forces. The tomb of the American Unknown Soldier, commemorating a serviceman killed in World War I,… …   Universalium

  • Unknown Soldier Memorial (Cairo) — Unknown Soldier Memorial is a pyramid shaped monument in Nasr City, Cairo. Its construction was ordered by president Anwar Sadat in 1974 in honour of Egyptians who lost their lives in the 1973 October War. It was inaugurated in October 1975. The… …   Wikipedia

  • Unknown Soldier Memorial (Egypt) — The Unknown Soldier Memorial Many Unknown Soldier Memorials for Egyptian soldiers were constructed inside and outside Egypt. The most famous is the one in Cairo. Unknown Soldier Memorial in (Cairo) is a pyramid shaped monument in Nasr City, Cairo …   Wikipedia

  • Unknown Soldier (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Unknown Soldier Type = Album Artist = Warmen Released = November 1999 Recorded = ? Genre = Progressive metal Length = 45:33 Label = Spinefarm Producer = Janne Wirman Reviews = Last album = This album = Unknown Soldier… …   Wikipedia

  • unknown soldier — anonymous soldier, soldier whose identity is unknown …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Unknown Soldier — /ˌʌnnoʊn ˈsoʊldʒə/ (say .unnohn sohljuh) noun (in various countries) an unidentified soldier killed in a war, especially World War I, and entombed as a memorial to all similar victims of the war. Also, Unknown Warrior …  

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