Yang Kyoungjong

Yang Kyoungjong
Yang Kyoungjong
	1944 image of a captured Nazi POW often claimed to be of Yang
Allegiance	Japan; Soviet Union; Germany;
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army; Red Army; German Army;
Years of service	1938–1939 (IJA); 1942–1943 (Red Army); 1943–1944 (Wehrmacht Heer);
Battles / wars	Battles of Khalkhin Gol; World War II Third Battle of Kharkov; Operation Overlord; ;
Korean name
Hangul	양경종
RR	Yang Gyeongjong
MR	Yang Kyŏngjong
Japanese name
Kana	ヤン・キョンジョン
Romanization	Yan Kyonjon
Russian name
Russian	Ян Кёнджон
Romanization	Yan Kyondzhon

Yang Kyoungjong (Korean: 양경종) is purported to have been a Korean man who, according to some historians, served in the Imperial Japanese Army, the Soviet Red Army, and finally the German Wehrmacht during World War II. While some men of apparent East Asian ethnicity served in the Wehrmacht and were captured by Allied forces, this individual's existence and supposed personal history are not substantiated by the historical record.

Yang Kyoungjong
1944 image of a captured Nazi POW often claimed to be of Yang
Allegiance	Japan Soviet Union Germany
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army Red Army German Army
Years of service	1938–1939 (IJA) 1942–1943 (Red Army) 1943–1944 (Wehrmacht Heer)
Battles / wars	Battles of Khalkhin Gol World War II Third Battle of Kharkov Operation Overlord

Korean name
Hangul	양경종
RR	Yang Gyeongjong
MR	Yang Kyŏngjong

Japanese name
Kana	ヤン・キョンジョン

Romanization	Yan Kyonjon


Russian name
Russian	Ян Кёнджон
Romanization	Yan Kyondzhon