This is a list of people associated with World War II .
Max Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook) (1879-1964), politician and press tycoonGeorge Beurling (1921-1948), fighter aceGustave Biéler (1904-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis Peter Dmytruk (1920-1943), Flight Sergeant and French Resistance fighterCharley Fox (born 1920), credited with wounding Erwin Rommel in an air attack in 1944 John Kenneth Macalister (1914-1944), SOE agent, executed by the NazisWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950), Prime MinisterJohn Gillespie Magee, Junior (1922-1941), American who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and author of "High Flight" Andrew George Latta (Andy) McNaughton (1887-1966), scientist, military commander, and diplomatFrank Pickersgill (1915-1944), SOE agent, executed by the NazisTommy Prince (1915-1977), Canada 's most decorated aboriginal soldier, member of the US/Canada special commando unit known as the Devil's BrigadeColonel James Layton Ralston (1881-1948), Minister of DefenseRoméo Sabourin (1923-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis Sir William Stephenson (1896-1989), head of British intelligence for the western hemisphere and Winston Churchill's personal representative to Franklin D. Roosevelt
Georges Bidault , French Resistance activistDenise Bloch (1915-1945), French Resistance and SOE agentPierre Boisson, general and governor of Equatorial Africa Andrée Borrel (1919-1944), French Resistance and SOE agent Pierre Brossolette , French Resistance Eliane Plewman (1917-1944), French Resistance and SOE agent Mathilde Carré, French Resistance double agent Edouard Daladier , prime ministerMadeleine Damerment (1917-1944), French Resistance and SOE agentFrançois Darlan (1881-1942), admiral, Vice Premier under Vichy Joseph Darnand , head of Vichy France Milice Marcel Déat (1894-1955), Fascist leader Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), leader of the Free French Forces and Gaullist French ResistanceHenri Dentz, Vichy France general in Syria Jacques Doriot (1898-1945), Fascist leaderPierre-Etienne Flandin (1889-1958), French conservative politician, foreign minister of Vichy.Maurice Gamelin , generalHenri Giraud, general who escaped a German POW camp and became the leader of liberated North Africa until displaced by De Gaulle. Charles Huntziger (1880-1941), General Max Hymans (1900-1961) French resistance leader Noor Inayet Khan, SOE agent Marie Pierre Koenig , General and coordination of resistance activitiesPierre Laval , Vichy France Foreign Minister and Prime MinisterPhilippe Leclerc , General of Free French Forces Jean Moulin (1899-1943), French Resistance leaderMaurice Papon (1910 - ), Nazi collaborator, convicted war criminalHenri Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), leader of Vichy France Paul Reynaud (1878-1966), last Prime Minister of the Third Republic.Lilian Rolfe (1914-1945), SOE agentOdette Sansom (1912-1995), French Resistance and SOE agentViolette Szabo (1921-1945), SOE agentPaul Touvier (1915-1996), Nazi collaborator and only Frenchman to be convicted of war crimes against humanitySusan Travers (born 1909)Nancy Wake (born 1912), fought alongside MaquisMaxime Weygand (1867-1965), general
Klaus Barbie (1913-1991), was a German officer of the SS and the Gestapo sent to occupied France where he became known as The Butcher of Lyon Bayerlein, Fritz, Panzer general Ludwig Beck (1880-1944), General and member of the July Plot Johannes Blaskowitz , Colonel GeneralHugo Bleicher , German counter-intelligence operative in FranceFedor von Bock , Field marshalJuana Bormann (1903-1945), an SS officer at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen death camps.Martin Bormann (1900-unknown), highest ranking Nazi party administratorHerta Bothe, camp guard at Bergen-Belsen Hans Bothmann (1911-1946), a Commandant of the Chelmno death camp in central Poland Dr. Karl Brandt , ran the German T-4 Euthanasia Program Eva Braun (1912-1945), Hitler's mistressWernher von Braun (1912-1977), rocket scientistHermine Braunsteiner (1919-1999) - "The Stomping Mare" Prescott Bush (1895-1972), banker and Nazi sympathizerWilhelm Canaris (1887-1945), chief of Abwehr Prof. Dr. Carl Clauberg conducted experiments on Jewish women at Auschwitz extermination camp John Demjanuk , notorious guard at the German extermination camps Rudolf Diels (1900-1957), first head of the Gestapo Sepp Dietrich , SS generalKarl Dönitz (1891-1980), Admiral, masterminded U-Boat warfare Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962), top level bureaucratTheodor Eicke (1892-1943), a Commandant of the Dachau death camp and head of the SS Death's-Head UnitsNikolaus Falkenhorst, colonel general and commander of German troops in Norway Eugen Fischer (1874-1967), Professor of Anthropology who promoted racial purityHans Frank (1900-1946), (1900-1945), lawyer for Adolf Hitler Walter Frank (1905-1945), Nazi historian and anti-Semitic writer, he was president of the Reich Institute for the History of the New Germany Kurt Franz (1917-1998), Deputy Commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp Wilhelm Frick (1877-1946), Reich Minister of the InteriorHans Fritzsche (1900-1953), Nazi party official who served in the Reich Ministry for People's Enlightenment and Propaganda Walther Funk (1890-1960), was Adolf Hitler 's personal advisor on economic affairs and a state secretary of the Propaganda MinistryAdolf Galland , Luftwaffe fighter aceHans Bernd Gisevius (1904-1974), diplomatJoseph Goebbels (1897-1945), Chancellor of Germany , propaganda chief for the Nazis Amon Leopold Goeth , SS officerHermann Göring (1893-1946), commander of Luftwaffe Irma Grese (1923-1945), a Senior SS Supervisor at both Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), Panzer general Erich Hartmann , fighter pilot; the most successful fighter ace in historyKarl Hass (1912-2004) - mass murdererRudolf Hess (1894-1987), Hitler's deputyWerner Heyde, involved in human experimentations Reinhard Heydrich (1904-1942), a General in the Nazi German paramilitary corps and governor of occupied CzechoslovakiaHeinrich Himmler (1900-1945), head of Gestapo Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Führer of GermanyRudolf Höß, first commandant of the extermination camps Alfred Jodl (1890-1946), general, Chief of Operation Staff of the High Command of the Armed ForcesErnst Kaltenbrunner (1903-1946) chief of the German Security ServiceHerbert Kappler (1907-1978) – Gestapo head in Rome Wilhelm Keitel (1882-1946), Field MarshalAlbert Kesselring (1881-1960), Field Marshal, commander of German troops in Italy Günther von Kluge, Field Marshal Ilse Koch (1906-1967), the wife of Karl Otto Koch , Commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp Karl Otto Koch (1897-1945) first commandant at Buchenwald Extermination camp Josef Kramer (1906-1945), was the head of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Otto Kretschmer (1912-1998), U-boat commanderGustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870-1950), German industrialist and weapons manufacturerAlfried Krupp (1907-1967), arms manufacturerHans Langsdroff, Commander of Graf Spee Arthur Liebehenschel (1901-1948), a Commandant of both the Auschwitz and Majdanek death camps Robert Ley (1890-1945), Nazi party chief who set up the German Labor Front(1890-1945)Maria Mandel (1912-1947), chief-guard of Birkenau women's campErich von Manstein (1887-1973), Field MarshalDr. Josef Mengele , a doctor who performed experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz extermination camp Walther Model (1891-1945), Field MarshalKonrad Morgen (1910-1976), "bloodhound judge"Werner Mölders, Luftwaffe fighter ace Konstantin von Neurath (1873-1956), Foreign Minister of GermanyHerta Oberheuser (1911-1978), a doctor Josef Oberhauser, commander of the Belzec extermination camp Friedrich Paulus , Field Marshal and commander of German troops in StalingradErich Priebke (1913-) - mass murdererErich Raeder (1876-1960) Commander-in-Chief of the German NavyWalther von Reichenau , field marshalJoachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946) Nazi foreign ministerLothar Rendulic Ernst Röhm (1887-1934), NSDAP party member, who organized Adolf Hitler 's "Brownshirts" Erwin Rommel (1891-1944), Field Marshal, "Desert Fox"Alfred Rosenberg (1893-1946), Nazi ideologistRudolf Rösseler, publisher and Soviet spy Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953), Field MarshalWalter Schellenberg , SS general and secret service officerOskar Schindler (1908-1974), humanitarianBaldur von Schirach (1907-1974), leader of the Hitler Youth movementArthur Seyss-Inquart (1892-1946), a lawyer , and Commissioner of the Occupied Netherlands Otto Skorzeny (1908-1975), Commando lieutenant colonelHans and Sophie Scholl (1917-1943), anti-nazisRichard Sorge (1895-1944), German-born Soviet spy in JapanAlbert Speer (1905-1981), architect and coordinator of war productionFranz Stangl (1908-1971) a Commandant at Sobibór extermination camp in Poland Claus von Stauffenberg (1907-1944), Colonel and member of the July Plot Julius Streicher (1885-1946), founded and edited the anti-Semitic newspaper, "Der Sturmer"Adam von Trott zu Solz (1909-1944), member of the Kreisau Circle executed for his role in the July 20 Plot to kill HitlerErnst Udet , inspector general of the LuftwaffeElisabeth Volkenrath (1919-1945), guard at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Christian Wirth , commander of the Belzec extermination camp
George II (1935-1947)Ioannis Metaxas (1871-1941), military dictatorAlexander Papagos, General and commander-in-chief of Greek army Georgios Papandreou, in Greek resistance and government-in-exile
László Bárdossy (1890-1946), Prime Minister 1941-1942 Miklós Horthy (1868-1957), Regent Miklós Kállay (1887-1967), Prime Minister 1942-1944 Géza Lakatos (1890-1967), Prime Minister 1944 Ferenc Szálasi (1897-1946), Fascist leader, Prime Minister 1944-1945 Hannah Szenes (1921-1944), PartisanDöme Sztójay (1883-1946), Prime Minister 1944 Pál Teleki (1879-1941), Prime Minister 1939-1941
Eamon de Valera (1932-1948; 1951-54; 1957-1959), Taoiseach Leopold Kerney, Minister to Madrid involved in conducting negotiations with Germany over Irish neutrality and possible assistance with recovery of the "lost counties" of Ulster
Vittorio Ambrosio, general Amadeo of Aosta, Duke and Commander of Italian armies in Eritrea and Ethiopia Pietro Badoglio (1871-1956), field marshalItalo Balbo , Governor of LibyaAnnibale Bergonzoli , Lieutenant-General at BardiaJunio Valerio Borghese , Naval lieutenant commanderFrancisco Cavalera Ugo Cavallero , Chief of General StaffGaleazzo Ciano (1903-1944), diplomatVictor Emmanuel III (1869-1947)Roberto Farinacci , Fascist leader of CremonaUmberto (1904-1983), Prince of Piedmont - Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom (de facto monarch) from 1943Maria José, Princess of Piedmont - tried to negotiate separate peace with the United States Carlo Favagrossa Rodolfo Graziani (1882-1955)Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Il DuceVittorio Revetra Achille Starace , Secretary of the Fascist Party
Hatazo Adachi, Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in New Guinea Korechika Anami , General and Minister of War in the end of the warMitsuo Fuchida , commander of Japanese air attack on Pearl HarborMinory Genda, fighter commander Haryoshi Hyakutake, lieutenant general in Guadalcanal Masaharu Homma , general in invasion of the PhilippinesMasaki Honda, Lieutenant general in Burma Koicho Kido, Lord Privy Seal Mineschi Koga, admiral, successor of Yamamoto Kuniaki Koiso (1880-1950), lieutenant generalNabutake Kondo, admiral in Guadalcanal Fumimaro Konoye (1891-1945), statesmanTadamichi Kuribayashi , general in the Battle of Iwo Jima Takeo Kurita , admiral in the Battle of Midway Hirohito (1901-1989), emperor Yosuke Matsuoka , Foreign ministerGuinichi Mikawa, Vice Admiral in the Battle of Savo Island Osami Nagano , Fleet admiral, Chief of the Naval General StaffChuichi Nagumo (1886-1944), AdmiralKichisaburo Nomura , AdmiralTakijiro Onishi , admiralHiroo Onoda , (born 1922), post-war stragglerJisaburo Ozawa , Vice-admiral and commander of Japanese Mobile Fleet in the Battle of Leyte Gulf Saburo Sakai , Zero fighter aceKazuo Sakamaki , first POW to the AmericansYoshitsugu Saito, general in Saipan Mamoru Shigemitsu , Foreign ministerShigetaro Shimada , Admiral, Minister of the NavyHajime Sugiyama, general and Army Chief of Staff Kantaro Suzuki (1867-1948), prime ministerRaizo Tanaka, Rear Admiral and destroyer commander Hisaichi Terauchi (1879-1945), Field Marshal and supreme commander of the Japanese Southern Army Shigenori Togo, Foreign minister Hideki Tojo (1884-1948), general and military prime ministerTokyo Rose Soemu Toyoda , admiralYoshijiro Umezu , generalMitsuru Ushijima , general in the defense of Okinawa Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943), admiralTomoyuki Yamashita , lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
Leslie Andrew (1897-1969), Commander the 22nd Battalion of the Second NZEFRoderick Carr (1891-1971), Air Marshal and Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary ForceArthur Coningham (1895-1948), Air Marshal and commander of UK Western Desert Air Force Peter Fraser (1884-1950), Prime Minister from March 1940Bernard Freyberg (1889-1963), general and commander of NZ corpsAlfred Hulme (1911-1982), Sergeant awarded Victoria CrossF. H. Maynard Sir Keith Park , RAF sector commander during the Battle of Britain Michael Joseph Savage , (1872-1940), Prime Minister until his death in March 1940Lloyd Allan Trigg , awarded Victoria Cross on recommendation of German submarine commanderCharles Upham , Army Captain awarded Victoria Cross and barNancy Wake , (born 1912), fought alongside Maquis
Carl Fleischer, (1883-1942), General, Norwegian commander in Northern Norway 1940 Jens Christian Hauge , head of Milorg Haakon VII , (1872-1957)C.J. Hambro , politicianLeif Larsen , (1901-1991), Shetland's Larsen , Naval officerMartin Linge , commander of SOE Norwegian Independent Company 1 Max Manus , resistance fighterVidkun Quisling , (1887-1945), Nazi collaboratorHenry Oliver Rinnan, (1915-1947), double agent for Gestapo Arvid Storsveen , leader of XU Gunnar Sřnsteby, resistance fighter
Wladyslaw Anders , lieutenant general and leader of Free Polish armyMordechaj Anielewicz , (1919-1943), commander of the Jewish Fighting Organization during the Warsaw ghetto uprising Józef Beck , minister of foreign affairsWojciech Jaruzelski , (born 1923), was drafted into Soviet Polish ArmyTadeusz Bór-Komorowski, general and leader of Warsaw Uprising Stanislaw Mikolajczyk , leader of Polish government-in-exileEdward Rydz-Śmigly, marshal and army commander Wladyslaw Sikorski , General and head of the Polish government-in-exileHenryk Sławik, nicknamed "Polish Wallenberg", Polish diplomat who saved 5.000 Jews. Krystyna Skarbek (1915-1952), highly decorated SOE agentKarol Józef Wojtyła , Pope John Paul II
Alexei Antonov, Chief of General Staff at the end of the war I.Kh.Bagramian, (1897-1982) Lavrenty Beria , (1899-1953), chief of NKVD , head of Soviet atomic bomb projectSemion Mikhailovich Budennyi, (1883-1973) Nikolay Bulganin , political marshalIvan Chernyakhovsky (1906- 1945) Youngest Russian Front Commander and Marshal.Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (1900 -1982 ), commanded the 62nd Russian army to victory at the Battle of Stalingrad .Leonid Govorov , (1897-1955), marshal, liberator of Leningrad F.I. Golikov, (1900-1980), Commander of the Front V.N. Gordov, (1896-1950), Commander of the Front Nikita Khrushchev Nikolai Kuznetsov , admiralM.P. Kirponos, (1891-1941), Commander of the Front D.T. Kozlov, (1903-1970), Commander of the Front I.S. Konev, (1897-1973), marshal, Commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front which took Berlin F.Ya. Kostenko, (1896-1942), Commander of the Front P.A. Kurochkin, (1900-1989), Commander of the front F.I. Kuznetsov, (1896-1961), Commander of the Front Vasili Kuznetsov, general Maxim Litvinov , People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs before MolotovGeorgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov R.Ya. Malinovskiy, (1898-1967), marshal, Commander of the Front I.I. Maslennikiv, (1900-1954), Commander of the Front K.S. Melnik, (1900-1971), Commander of the Front Kirill Meretskov , (1897-1968), marshal, chief commander in Winter War Vyacheslav Molotov , (1890-1986), People's Commissar for Foreign AffairsD.K. Pavlov, (1897-1941), Commander of the Western Front, court-martialled on Stalin 's orders, accused of the German army's break through the Soviet front lines, sentenced to death Ye.I. Petrov, (1896-1958), general of the army, Commander of the Front Konstantin Rokossovsky , marshalM.M. Popov, (1902-1969), Commander of the Front M.A. Purkayev, (1894-1953), Commander of the Front M.Ya. Reiter, (1896-1950), Commander of the Front K.K. Rokossovskiy, (1896-1968), Commander of the Front D.I. Ryabishev, (1894-1985), Commander of the Front Richard Sorge , (1895-1944), German-born Soviet spy in Japan Joseph Stalin , (1879-1953)Semyon Timoshenko , (1895-1970), marshal, Commander of the FrontAndrey Tupolev , (1888-1972), aircraft designerA.M. Vasilevskiy, (1895-1977), Commander of the Front Nikolay Vatutin, (1901-1944), general in the relief of Stalingrad Andrey Vlasov , Lieutenant general in the Red Army , and the commander of the German-backed Russian Liberation Army Kliment Voroshilov , (1881-1969), MarshalAndrey Yeremenko, (1892-1970), marshal and front line general in Stalingrad M.G. Yefremov, (1897-1942), Commander of the Front Vasily Zaitsev , sniperG.F. Zakharov, (1897-1957), Commander of the Front Georgy Zhukov , (1896-1974), marshal and chief of the Red Army
A. V. Alexander, (1885-1965),
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