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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The only real-life figure in the game, aside from [[BodyDouble maybe]] Adolf Hitler.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The only One of the few real-life figure figures in the game, series, aside from Winston Churchill and [[BodyDouble maybe]] Adolf Hitler.
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* MasterOfDisguise: Thanks to no one having ever seen him in person, he can pose as other individuals [[spoiler:such as Major Dorfmann.]]

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* MasterOfDisguise: Thanks to no one having ever seen him in person, he can pose as other individuals [[spoiler:such as Major Dorfmann. Even after revealing his true identity to Karl, he's dressed in Dorfmann's civilian clothes.]]
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* WeaponOfChoice: In contrast to other partisans who use commandeered Italian Army weapons, Lucio uses an MP 40 submachine gun.

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* TheEnemyWeaponsAreBetter: Compared to the weapons Karl normally uses during missions, these guys pack much better firepower on average, including a number of RareGuns like the [=FG42=] and Neunfaust (both of which are weapons Karl cannot spawn with at the start of a level).

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* TheEnemyWeaponsAreBetter: Compared to the weapons Karl normally uses during missions, these guys pack much better firepower on average, including a number of RareGuns rare guns like the [=FG42=] and Neunfaust (both of which are weapons Karl cannot spawn with at the start of a level).



* RareGuns: Thanks to being an elite unit, many of their members have ready access to the Mkb. 42(H) and the [=FG42=], while their Faust Troopers have access to the extremely rare Neunfaust Launcher.
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* TheCameo: She has a very brief appearance in ''[[VideoGame/ZombieArmyTrilogy Zombie Army 4]]'', serving as your MissionControl in the Abbydon Asylum mission. [[spoiler:Apparently she never died in that series' continuity as her appareance takes place in 1946, three years after her death in [=SE4=].]]
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* NiceHat: Is always seen wearing a beret, which he wears in order to help conceal his identity from any Axis soldiers.

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* NiceHat: NeverBareheaded: Is always seen wearing a beret, which he wears in order to help conceal his identity from any Axis soldiers.
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* EliteMooks: UpToEleven. All of their members are essentially elite versions of the existing German troop types sans the standard Infantry. Their standard member alone is already this to the Jager Troops, who are already EliteMooks themselves.

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* EliteMooks: UpToEleven. All of their members are essentially elite versions of the existing German troop types sans the standard Infantry. Their standard member alone is already this to the Jager Troops, who are already EliteMooks themselves.
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* VillainousValor: Pretty much the only BigBad in the series not afraid to gets his hands dirty or to confront opponents who might shoot back at him. During his face-to-face confrontation with Karl at the end of the game, once Karl starts shooting back his bodyguards pretty much have to drag him away to prevent him from getting into a shootout with Karl right then and there.
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-->''"The worst terrors are shapeless, formless. If no one knows who I am, I can be whoever I need to be."''
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* MsExposition: In ''VideoGame/SniperElite5'', she narrates Karl Fairburne's after-action reports as well as the situation regarding Operation ''Kraken''.
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* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: All those civilian massacres seen throughout the campaign? Those were committed under his orders.

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* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: [[spoiler:When Kessler leaks her her father's supposed location in Giovi Fiorini, Sofia ends up marching almost the entirety of the partisans into a trap sprung by Bohm and Rothbauer, ultimately resulting in most of the Allagra Partisans getting wiped out or captured and executed. Only Lucio and his group of a few dozen survive, by not being within Giovi Fiorini at the time of the massacre.]]

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* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: [[spoiler:When Kessler leaks her her father's supposed location in Giovi Fiorini, Sofia ends up marching almost the entirety of the partisans without second thought...into a trap sprung by Bohm and Rothbauer, ultimately resulting in most of the Allagra Partisans getting wiped out or captured and executed. Only Lucio and his group of a few dozen survive, by not being within Giovi Fiorini at the time of the massacre.]]


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:She failed to take the time to consider the fact that the intelligence that Kessler leaked to her may have been fake or unreliable, and as a result of her impulsive actions, she and most of the Allagra Partisans are either killed or captured.]]

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* StupidJetpackHitler: They're helping to develop nuclear weapons for the 3rd Reich, working directly under Prof. Bosch in order to help him finish it before the Allies can invade Western Europe.

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* StupidJetpackHitler: StupidJetpackHitler:
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They're helping to develop nuclear weapons for the 3rd Reich, working directly under Prof. Bosch in order to help him finish it before the Allies can invade Western Europe.
** Kehrer himself is responsible for the development of the Neunfast prototype rocket launcher, a state-of-the-art system far more advanced than the standard-issue Panzerfaust.

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* IGaveMyWord: Following Capo's demise, Dinelli keeps his word of helping both the Allies and the partisans by [[spoiler:leaking intel about Major Rothbauer to Weaver, as well as providing Karl transport and a safe passage to Bohm's mountain base.]]

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* IGaveMyWord: Following Capo's demise, Dinelli keeps his word of helping both the Allies and the partisans. First by helping Lucio Baptiste get his family to safety, providing the partisans with much-needed weapons and supplies, and by [[spoiler:leaking intel about Major Rothbauer to Weaver, as well as and finally providing Karl transport and a safe passage through Axis lines to Bohm's mountain base.]]
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* MrExposition: He's one of two partisans who provides vital information to Karl and Weaver throughout the story, the other being Lucio.


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* MauveShirt: He's one of the few notable partisans with characterization [[spoiler:who can potentially be killed late in the story if Karl doesn't rescue his partisan group in time.]]
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* EnemyMine: In contrast to Sofia, who distrusts Dinelli and his gang, Lucio, himself and his family having been threatened by TheMafia at one point, is still willing to form an alliance with them against the Germans and Italian Fascists, and it's thanks to Dinelli's gangsters that his wife and daughter are safely evacuated, and the partisans themselves receive additional weaponry and supplies through them.

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* EnemyMine: In contrast to Sofia, who distrusts Dinelli and his gang, gang as much as she hates the Nazis and Italian Fascists, Lucio, himself and his family having been threatened by TheMafia at one point, is still willing to form an alliance with them against the Germans and Italian Fascists, and it's thanks to Dinelli's gangsters that his wife and daughter are safely evacuated, and the partisans themselves receive additional weaponry and supplies through them.

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* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: [[spoiler:When Kessler leaks her her father's supposed location in Giovi Fiorini, Sofia ends up marching almost the entirety of the partisans into a trap sprung by Bohm and Rothbauer, ultimately resulting in most of the Allagra Partisans getting wiped out or captured and executed. Only Lucio and his group of a few dozen survive, by not being within Giovi Fiorini at the time of the massacre.]]



* LuredIntoATrap: [[spoiler:Kessler leaks him false intelligence about her father being held at the interrogation block in Giovi Fiorini. Without thinking, she and most of her partisans raid the town, only to be met by prepared German forces and massacred.]]

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* LuredIntoATrap: [[spoiler:Kessler leaks him her false intelligence about her father being held at the interrogation block in Giovi Fiorini. Without thinking, she and most of her partisans raid the town, only to be met by prepared German forces and massacred.]]

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* EnemyMine: He's working with the Allied forces mainly because they both oppose the Nazis and the Italian fascists.

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* EnemyMine: He's working with the Allied forces mainly because they both oppose the Nazis and the Italian fascists. In addition, despite having had bad blood with Lucio Baptiste and his family, Dinelli doesn't hesitate to evacuate the former's family to safety and supply the partisans with weapons, ammunition, and supplies, all to take down the Nazis and the Italian Fascists.
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* EnemyMine: In contrast to Sofia, who distrusts Dinelli and his gang, Lucio, himself and his family having been threatened by TheMafia at one point, is still willing to form an alliance with them against the Germans and Italian Fascists, and it's thanks to Dinelli's gangsters that his wife and daughter are safely evacuated, and the partisans themselves receive additional weaponry and supplies through them.
* HappilyMarried: Through intelligence reports that Karl collects in different levels, it's revealed that he's married and has a daughter. He ends up joining the partisan movement in part to protect them.
* HypercompetentSidekick: He's far more levelheaded than Sofia when it comes to commanding the partisan movement, as mentioned in the numerous intelligence reports retrieved by Karl. One such example here is his willingness to help Salvatore Dinelli and his mafia gang fight the Fascists, despite Dinelli's men having threatened his family prior. [[spoiler:In fact, it's his group of partisans that ultimately end up surviving the Giovi Fiorini massacre that ends with Sofia's entire group wiped out.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Potentially, if Karl makes it late to the firefight between his partisan group and a squad of Germans, Lucio's body can be found among the casualties.]]


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* WeaponOfChoice: In contrast to other partisans who use commandeered Italian Army weapons, Lucio uses an MP 40 submachine gun.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:One way of taking him and his bomber out is by shooting the Razor missile, one of the very same ones he's commissioned, slung underneath his plane as he's getting way.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:One way of taking him and his bomber out is by shooting the Razor missile, one of the very same ones he's commissioned, slung underneath his plane as he's getting way.away.]]

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* AssassinationAttempt: [[spoiler:On the receiving end of one, courtesy of General Bohm and his new "Razor" missiles.]]
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The only real-life figure in the game, aside from [[BodyDouble maybe]] Adolf Hitler.
* LivingMacGuffin: [[spoiler:Bohm wants him dead in order to create a German strategic and propaganda victory.]]

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[[folder:Mother Hen]]
Karl's radio contact within British SOE.

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[[folder:Mother Hen]]
Karl's radio contact within British SOE.
[[folder:General Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
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[[UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower Commander of the Allied landings during Operation "Avalanche"]], and future Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe.



* TheFaceless: Her face is never revealed, due to only appearing when Karl is using a radio to contact her.
* MissionControl: She provides Karl several optional objectives through radio contact.
* NoNameGiven: Her real name is never mentioned, and Karl only refers to her through her callsign.

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* TheFaceless: Her face is never revealed, due to only appearing when Karl is using a radio to contact her.
* MissionControl: She provides Karl several optional objectives through radio contact.
* NoNameGiven: Her real name is never mentioned, and Karl only refers to her through her callsign.


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[[folder:Mother Hen]]
Karl's radio contact within British SOE.
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* TheFaceless: Her face is never revealed, due to only appearing when Karl is using a radio to contact her.
* MissionControl: She provides Karl several optional objectives through radio contact.
* NoNameGiven: Her real name is never mentioned, and Karl only refers to her through her callsign.
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Upon Karl killing and then confirming Capo's death to Dinelli, he, the civilian populace of Allagra, and the partisans all feel relieved at his death.



* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Upon Karl killing and then confirming Capo's death to Dinelli, he, the civilian populace of Allagra, and the partisans all feel relieved at his death.


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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: According to Dinelli, the rosary he keeps with him on all times is in fact from his mother, a sign that he loved and still sees her in high regard.
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* ArcVillain: Subverted. Karl finds him long dead by the time he gets to Sendari Island, and Hitler is instead the sniper's main target once Karl learns of the Fuhrer's presence on the island.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: On the receiving end of this by none other than Hitler, after an Allied informant is revealed to have leaked the Sendari base's existence to US and British intelligence.

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* ArcVillain: Subverted. Karl finds him long dead by the time he gets to Sendari Island, and Hitler Hitler's double is instead the sniper's main target once Karl learns of the Fuhrer's presence on the island.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: On the receiving end of this by none other than Hitler, Hitler's double, after an Allied informant is revealed to have leaked the Sendari base's existence to US and British intelligence.



* YouHaveFailedMe: Hitler has him hanged and has his body left, in order to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem make an example to the rest of the Sendari garrison]] for allowing [[TheMole an Allied agent]] access to important intel.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Hitler Hitler's double has him hanged and has his body left, in order to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem make an example to the rest of the Sendari garrison]] for allowing [[TheMole an Allied agent]] access to important intel.

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* PosthumousCharacter: Karl only meets him as a corpse hung on a noose bu the time the former arrives on Sendari.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Hitler has him hanged and has his body left, in order to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem make an example to the rest of the Sendari garrison]] for allowing [[TheMoles an Allied agent]] access to important intel.

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* MakeAnExampleOfThem: On the receiving end of this by none other than Hitler, after an Allied informant is revealed to have leaked the Sendari base's existence to US and British intelligence.
* PosthumousCharacter: Karl only meets him as a corpse hung on a noose bu by the time the former arrives on Sendari.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Hitler has him hanged and has his body left, in order to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem make an example to the rest of the Sendari garrison]] for allowing [[TheMoles [[TheMole an Allied agent]] access to important intel.

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[[folder:Prof. Wilhelm Bosch]]
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Hitler's favorite scientist, and the man responsible for the Deathstorm Project.

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[[folder:Admiral Herman Richter]]
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Hitler's favorite scientist,
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A Kriegsmarine Admiral,
and commander of the man responsible U-boat base on Sendari Island. Karl is initially tasked with assassinating him, but circumstances for the Deathstorm Project.Allied sniper soon change those plans...


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* ArcVillain: Subverted. Karl finds him long dead by the time he gets to Sendari Island, and Hitler is instead the sniper's main target once Karl learns of the Fuhrer's presence on the island.
* PosthumousCharacter: Karl only meets him as a corpse hung on a noose bu the time the former arrives on Sendari.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Hitler has him hanged and has his body left, in order to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem make an example to the rest of the Sendari garrison]] for allowing [[TheMoles an Allied agent]] access to important intel.
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[[folder:Prof. Wilhelm Bosch]]
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Hitler's favorite scientist, and the man responsible for the Deathstorm Project.
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* DarkIsEvil: Wears dark brown and black clothing, and is responsible for terrorizing the civilian population of Allagra.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may be a criminal, but he's also a man of art and culture. Among the reasons he vehemently opposes the Nazis and Mussolini's fascists is due to them stealing precious artwork from the local monastery. He also finds [[BigBad General Bohm]] to be an irredeemable monster thanks to the atrocities committed in his name.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may be a criminal, but he's also a man of art and culture. Among the reasons he vehemently opposes the Nazis and Mussolini's fascists is due to them stealing precious artwork from the local monastery. He also finds [[BigBad General Bohm]] to be an irredeemable monster thanks to the atrocities committed in his name. TruthInTelevision as the real life Sicilian Mafia hated Mussolini's fascists and their German allies.
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* FunctionalAddict: Despite being an alcoholic and being drunk half of the time, he's still managed to help develop a revolutionary guided missile system.
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* ReverseMole: The Allies know about Dr. Galvani's existence thanks to her leaking info to them.

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* ReverseMole: TheMole: The Allies know about Dr. Galvani's existence thanks to her leaking info to them.

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