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Some of the other people that were invovled in World War II include Leopold III and Anthony Eden. Topics in this section include biographies about some of the other people that were invovled in World War II.

OTHER ALLIED WORLD WAR II LEADERS LIBRARY

A. G. L. McNaughton

McNaughton Andrew George Latta (1887–1966), a Canadian army officer. During World War II he was the field commander of Canada's army forces overseas, 1939–43.

Chiang Kai-Shek

Chiang Kai-shek, a Chinese military and political leader. He dominated the government of China from 1928 to 1948 and was the leader of China's fight against Japan in World War II.

Draja Mihailovich

Mihailovich Draja , or Mihajlovic, Draza (1893?–1946), a Yugoslavian army officer.

Edouard Daladier

Daladier, Édouard (1884–1970), a French statesman. He attempted to appease Nazi Germany by signing the Munich Pact of 1938.

Eduard Benes

Beneš, Eduard (1884–1948), a Czechoslovak statesman. He was born in Kozlany, then a part of Austria-Hungary.

Ernest Bevin

Bevin, Ernest (1881–1951), a British statesman. As a young man he was a truck driver in Bristol.

G. K. Zhukov

Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich (1896–1974), a Russian army officer. With overall command of the Soviet army during World War II, he played a major role in the defeat of Germany.

H. D. G. Crerar

Crerar , Henry Duncan Graham (1888–1965), a Canadian army officer. During World War II, he led the 1st Canadian Army—the largest Canadian fighting force ever assembled—in Europe, 1944–45.

Henri Honor Giraud

Giraud, Henri Honoré (1879–1949), a French army officer. Giraud, a hero in both the First and the Second World War, served as high commissioner and commander in chief in French North and West Africa following the Allied invasion of Africa in 1942.

Kilment Efremovich Voroshilov

Voroshilov, Kliment Efremovich (1881–1969), a Russian army officer and Communist leader.

Leon Blum

Blum, Léon (1872–1950), a French political leader. He was France's first Socialist premier.

Leopold III

Leopold, the name of three kings of the Belgians.

Maxime Weygand

Weygand, Maxime (1867–1965), a French army officer. General Weygand became commander in chief in France just before the fall of France to Germany in 1940.

Paul Reynaud

Reynaud, Paul (1878–1966), a French political leader. As premier of France at the time of the German invasion in 1940, he proposed to continue the war.

Roger Casement

Casement , Sir Roger David (1864–1916), a British colonial administrator and Irish nationalist.


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