This handsome guy is Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the highest-decorated member of the German armed forces in World War II. Besides being really attractive, he was also one hell of a pilot, flying a world-record 2,530 combat missions. He famously said, “Verloren ist nur, wer sich selbst aufgibt” — “Lost are only those who abandon themselves.”

This unstoppable Stuka bomber had the misfortune of working for one of the most reviled regimes of all time, but military historians (and nerds like me) universally agree that this guy is one good-looking badass.

(note from a follower that I thought was interesting so I am sharing!: “the translation for the last crush is slightly off:“Verloren ist nur, wer sich selbst aufgibt” - it should be more along the lines of: lost is only the one who capitulates. (abandoning would be more in the idea of abandoning to pleasure)” — hab318princess)