Aladdin's Problem is a 1983 novella by a highly decorated German soldier who became famous for what World War I memoir?
Storm of Steel
Ernst Jünger
Ernst Jünger (29 March 1895 – 17 February 1998) was a highly decorated German soldier, author, and entomologist who became famous for his World War I memoir "Storm of Steel".
 The son of a successful businessman and chemist, Jünger rebelled against an affluent upbringing and sought adventure in the Wandervogel, before running away to briefly serve in the French Foreign Legion, an illegal act.
 Because he escaped prosecution in Germany due to his father's efforts, Jünger was able to enlist on the outbreak of war.
 During an ill-fated German offensive in 1918 Jünger's World War I career ended with the last and most serious of his many woundings, and he was awarded the Pour le Mérite, a rare decoration for one of his rank.
Aladdin's Problem
Aladdin's Problem (German: Aladins Problem ) is a 1983 novella by the German writer Ernst Jünger.
 It tells the story of an East German former army officer who battles with the problem that man is alone in the world.
 An English translation by Hilary Barr was published in 1992.
Charles Upham
Charles Hazlitt Upham, (21 September 1908 – 22 November 1994) was a New Zealand soldier who earned the Victoria Cross (VC) twice during the Second World War; in Crete in May 1941, and at Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt, in July 1942.
 He was the most recent of only three people to receive the VC twice, the only one to receive two VCs during the Second World War and the only combat soldier to receive the award twice.
 As a result, Upham is often described as the most highly decorated Commonwealth soldier of that war, as the VC is the Commonwealth's highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. Waldemar Kophamel
Commander Waldemar Kophamel (August 16, 1880 – November 4, 1934) was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I.
 Kophamel joined the Imperial German Navy on 12 April 1898 and started his military education on a ship named  . Artur Schmitt
Artur Schmitt (20 July 1888 – 15 January 1972) was a highly decorated German soldier during World War I and World War II. Hans Rose
Hans Rose was one of the most successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the "Kaiserliche Marine" during World War I . Franz Bäke
Franz Bäke (28 February 1898 – 12 December 1978) was a German officer and tank commander during World War II.
 He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.
 In the post-war popular culture, Bäke is one of the "panzer aces", that is, a highly decorated German tank commanders popularised in the English-language translations of the German author Franz Kurowski's "Panzer Aces" series. Hans Howaldt
Hans Howaldt (12 November 1888, Kiel – 6 September 1970) was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I and also active in World War II.
 By the end of World War I he was promoted Kapitänleutnant. Reinhold Saltzwedel
"Oberleutnant zur See" Reinhold Saltzwedel (23 November 1889 – 2 December 1917) was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the "Kaiserliche Marine" during World War I. Johannes Lohs
Johannes Lohs (24 June 1889 – 14 August 1918) was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I.