List of most influential persons in Word War II
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“I don’t believe I have ever known a person to be so unanimously loved and respected by the men around and under him.”That is not the kind o...
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Chester Nimitz took over command of a battered Pacific Fleet shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. There was not much left to command: ...
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If one man could be chosen to represent the American naval war in the Pacific, Thomas Kinkaid would be that man. His task forces saw action ...
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You may search a current map of Russia with a magnifying glass, but you will never find Stalingrad. During World War II, it was one of the ...
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It was June 1940. France had fallen to the Germans; Great Britain had evacuated its armies from Dunkirk and was prepared for a Nazi invasio...
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During the war, the letters CVE signified what the U.S. Navy officially called an escort carrier and unofficially called a baby flattop. But...
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In past years, hara-kiri, ceremonial suicide, was part of traditional Japanese culture. Japanese in disgrace would commit hara-kiri to aton...
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In October 1944, Admiral William F. Halsey fidgeted as his fleet stood guard at the San Bernardino Strait. The strait led to the beaches of...
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When the going gets rough,” Ernest J. King once remarked, “they call out the sons of bitches.” He was speaking of his own appointment to com...
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At the height of his power, Reinhard Heydrich was called “The Butcher of Prague,” “The Hangman,” and “The Man with the Iron Heart.” He reve...