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Boyington, Gregory 'Pappy'
The World War II pilot made famous on TV's
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Bradley, Omar
American general during World War II
Braun, Eva
Mistress and last-minute wife of Adolf Hitler
Chiang Kai-shek
Leader of The Republic of China (Taiwan), 1949-75
Churchill, Winston
Indefatigable prime minister of Britain during World War II
De Gaulle, Charles
President of France, 1958-69
Doolittle, James Harold
Leader of the bomber attack on Tokyo in 1942
Eisenhower, Dwight
Supreme commander of Allied forces in WWII
Goebbels, Joseph
Adolf Hitler's Minister of Propaganda, 1933-45
Göring, Hermann
Commander of the Nazi Luftwaffe in World War II
Himmler, Heinrich
Hitler's head of the Gestapo during World War II
Hitler, Adolf
The leader of Nazi Germany during World War II
Lim Bo Seng
Patriotic WWII hero of Singapore
MacArthur, Douglas
The American general who said "I shall return"
Marshall, George C.
World War II-era U.S. General and Secretary of State
Miller, Doris "Dorie"
African-American naval hero of Pearl Harbor
Montgomery, Bernard Law
The Brit who beat Rommel in North Africa
Murphy, Audie
The most-decorated American soldier of World War II
Mussolini, Benito
Italy's dictator during World War II
Nimitz, Chester W.
Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II
Patton, George S.
Commander of the U.S. Third Army in World War II
Pétain, Henri Philippe
He sold out France to the Nazis
Riefenstahl, Leni
Filmmaker who documented Hitler's Germany
Rommel, Erwin
"The Desert Fox" of World War II
Roosevelt, Franklin
The president who led the U.S. through World War II
Russell, Harold
The disabled vet in
The Best Years of Our Lives
Stalin, Joseph
The dictatorial leader of the U.S.S.R. from 1928 to 1953
Stauffenberg, Claus von
The German colonel who almost killed Hitler
Tojo, Hideki
Japanese Prime Minister during World War II
Yamamoto, Isoroku
Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor
Zhukov, Georgi K.
World War II Russian Army commander
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