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The Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers.They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern warfare. Some political leaders, particularly those of the principal dictatorships involved in the conflict, Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy), and Hirohito (Japan), acted as dictators for their respective countries or empires.
The Allied leaders of World War II listed below comprise the important political and military figures who fought for or supported the Allies during World War II. Engaged in total war , they had to adapt to new types of modern warfare , on the military , psychological and economic fronts.
Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan Hideki Tojo, Supreme Military Leader of Japan and Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944. Hirohito (posthumously known as Emperor Shōwa) was the Emperor from 1926 until his death in 1989, making him the last surviving leader of the big three (Germany, Italy, and Japan). He was viewed as a semi-divine leader.
Alfred Naujocks – An SS-Sturmbannführer, he led the attack on Gleiwitz radio station starting World War II on 1 September 1939. Werner Naumann – Private Secretary to Joseph Goebbels, he was made State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Propaganda and was named Goebbels’ successor as Reich Minister of Propaganda in Hitler’s will.
The leaders of various nations serving as political officeholders during World War II (1939−1945). It includes both figureheads, executives, and foreign ministers. They do not necessarily need to have had a large impact on the war to be included in this category.
Takuma Shimoyama: At end of World War II, he was Commanding General (LtGen), Fifth Air Army, stationed in Seoul, Chosen; Prince Un Yi: General Officer Commanding First Air Army; Air Groups Commanders. Michio Sugawara: First Air Group Commander; Kumaichi Teramoto: Commanding General, Second Air Group (LtGen)
As leader of the Politburo, Stalin consolidated near-absolute power by 1938 after the Great Purge, a series of campaigns of political murder, repression and persecution. [16] On 22 June 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, [17] but by December the Soviet Army managed to stop the attack just shy of Moscow.
The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...