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British Royal Air Force officer [25] Dean Caswell: 1922–2022: 100: American World War II flying ace [26] Kenneth O. Chilstrom: 1921–2022: 101: American air force colonel and test pilot [27] Sir Philip Christison: 1893–1993: 100: British general [28] Richard E. Cole: 1915–2019: 103: American Air Force officer and last living participant ...
Guamanian people of World War II (3 P) H. American people who died in the Holocaust (1 C) I. American collaborators with Imperial Japan (1 C, 10 P) J.
Getúlio Vargas. Getúlio Vargas was the president of Brazil for two periods, first from 1930 to 1945. Between 1937 and 1945 he ruled as dictator under the Estado Novo regime. . Despite Brazil's strong economic ties with Nazi Germany, Vargas sided with the Allies after the sinking of Brazilian merchant ships by German U-boats, and declared war against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in August 19
Rebuilt the Naval War College after World War II Jackson T. Stephens – investment banker James Stockdale – USNA class of 47, Vice Admiral, one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the navy, Vice Presidential Candidate (1992), highest ranking officer to be held captive for 7 years in Vietnam, Presidential Medal of Freedom ...
Croatian Ustaše official who headed the system of concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during much of World War II: Murdered in exile Werner Best: July 10, 1903: June 23, 1989: 85 years, 348 days Chief of Department 1 of the Gestapo; initiated a registry of all Jews in Germany . Deputy to Reinhard Heydrich
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.
European theatre of World War II people (4 C, 1 P) H. Historians of World War II (3 C, 65 P) People of the Holocaust (11 C, 9 P) J. Jews of World War II (7 C, 7 P) M.
The earliest action for which a U.S. serviceman earned a World War II Medal of Honor was the attack on Pearl Harbor, for which 17 U.S. servicemen were awarded a Medal, although they did so "while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force" rather than "enemy" since the United States was neutral during the ...