Who's Who in World War IIJohn Keegan Routledge, 11/09/2002 - 192 من الصفحات First Published in 2004. World War II, unlike World War I, was truly a global conflict, fought in every one of the five continents, from the Caribbean to the South China Sea, from New Guinea to the North Cape, and by combatants from every continental region, Latin America, the Balkans, Scandinavia, the Middle East, South Asia and Africa as well as from Europe and North America. It was also, as World War I had not been, a conflict of ideologies. Its dramatis personae was therefore of a peculiar richness, including not only soldiers and statesmen of orthodox background but three dictators of world stature—Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, demagogues like Goebbels and ideologues like Alfred Rosenberg, politicians of charismatic power, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, prophets of national renaissance, like Charles de Gaulle, and of national liberation like Mahatma Gandhi, showmen, mountebanks, martyrs, heroes, traitors and quislings—a word we owe to the politics of World War II. This book attempts to assemble the most important among this vast cast of characters, from every country and from every sphere of responsibility— or irresponsibility—and to convey not only the salient facts about the life and career of each but also the flavor of their individuality. |
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... surrendered on 13 September 1945 with 13,500 men. In 1947 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes. Ainsworth, Rear Admiral Walden, 1886–1960 Ainsworth held numerous commands in the Pacific but he is remembered for his part ...
... surrendered on 13 September 1945 with 13,500 men. In 1947 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes. Ainsworth, Rear Admiral Walden, 1886–1960 Ainsworth held numerous commands in the Pacific but he is remembered for his part ...
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... surrender of German troops in Italy on 29 April 1945. Alexander's success lay in his ability to achieve co-operation between soldiers of different nationalities and between the services. His easy-going manner disguised a very tough ...
... surrender of German troops in Italy on 29 April 1945. Alexander's success lay in his ability to achieve co-operation between soldiers of different nationalities and between the services. His easy-going manner disguised a very tough ...
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... surrender. He had been Vice- Minister of War in 1940 in Prime Minister KONOYE's Cabinet and had led the military clique which brought TOJO to power. After Tojo's fall, Anami was called upon to join SUZUKI's 'peace' Cabinet as War ...
... surrender. He had been Vice- Minister of War in 1940 in Prime Minister KONOYE's Cabinet and had led the military clique which brought TOJO to power. After Tojo's fall, Anami was called upon to join SUZUKI's 'peace' Cabinet as War ...
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... surrender at Amba Alagi (16 May 1941). He died the following year in captivity in Kenya. He was liked and respected by friend and enemy alike as a gentleman, a patriot and a brave man. Appleyard, Major Geoffrey, 1916–1943 Appleyard ...
... surrender at Amba Alagi (16 May 1941). He died the following year in captivity in Kenya. He was liked and respected by friend and enemy alike as a gentleman, a patriot and a brave man. Appleyard, Major Geoffrey, 1916–1943 Appleyard ...
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... surrender of all his troops. He spent the rest of the war in Prisoner of War camps. Arnold, General Henry 'Hap', 1886– 1950 Arnold was the US general who commanded the USAAF in all theaters throughout the war. In 1936 he was appointed ...
... surrender of all his troops. He spent the rest of the war in Prisoner of War camps. Arnold, General Henry 'Hap', 1886– 1950 Arnold was the US general who commanded the USAAF in all theaters throughout the war. In 1936 he was appointed ...
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