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Kingsbury, Bruce Steel (1918-1942), an Australian soldier, was awarded the Victoria Cross after his death in World War II (1939-1945). See more »
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Blamey, Sir Thomas
Blamey, Sir Thomas (1884-1951), an Australian soldier, gained distinction when he was appointed commander of the Allied land forces in the southwestern Pacific during World War II (1939-1945).
See more »Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham
Crerar, KREE rahr, Henry Duncan Graham (1888-1965), distinguished himself as commander of the First Canadian Army in the invasion of the Rhineland and western Netherlands in World War II.
See more »Edwards, Sir Hughie
Edwards, Sir Hughie (1914-1982), an Australian airman, won the Victoria Cross while serving with the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II (1939-1945).
See more »Fegen, Fogarty
Fegen, Fogarty (1891-1940), an Australian sailor, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross during World War II (1939-1945).
See more »French, John Alexander
French, John Alexander (1914-1942), an Australian corporal, was awarded the Victoria Cross for heroic action in World War II (1939-1945).
See more »Giraud, Henri Honore
Giraud, Henri Honore, zhee ROH, ahn REE oh noh RAY (1879-1949), a French professional soldier, served as high commissioner of North Africa in 1942 and 1943, and as chief of the French armed forces from 1942 to 1944.
See more »Kingsbury, Bruce Steel
Kingsbury, Bruce Steel (1918-1942), an Australian soldier, was awarded the Victoria Cross after his death in World War II (1939-1945).
See more »Konev, Ivan Stepanovich
Konev, KOHN yehf, Ivan Stepanovich (1897-1973), rose to fame as a Soviet marshal in World War II.
See more »Laval, Pierre
Laval, luh VAL, Pierre (1883-1945), was a French politician who collaborated with the Germans during World War II.
See more »Lim Bo Seng
Lim Bo Seng (1909-1944), a Chinese major general, became a hero during World War II (1939-1945).
See more »Mihajlovic, Draza
Mihajlovic, mee HY loh vihch, Draza (1893?-1946), was a Yugoslav resistance leader during World War II.
See more »Quisling, Vidkun
Quisling, KWIHZ lihng, Vidkun (1887-1945), was a Norwegian traitor of World War II (1939-1945).
See more »Saunders, Reginald Walter
Saunders, Reginald Walter (1920-1990), became the first Aboriginal officer in the Australian Army when he was commissioned in 1944.
See more »Schindler, Oskar
Schindler, Oskar (1908-1974), was a German businessman who saved more than 1,200 Jews from almost certain death.
See more »Seyss-Inquart, Arthur von
Seyss-Inquart, Arthur von, zys IHNG kvahrt, AHR toor fuhn (1892-1946), was the leading Austrian Nazi.
See more »Szabo, Violette
Szabo, Violette (1921-1945), was an English-born French resistance fighter in World War II (1939-1945).
See more »Wallenberg, Raoul
Wallenberg, Raoul (1912-?), a Swedish businessman and diplomat, helped save about 100,000 Hungarian Jews from being killed by the Nazis in 1944, during World War II.
See more »Wiesenthal, Simon
Wiesenthal, VEE zehn tahl, Simon (1908-2005), was an Austrian Jew who helped bring more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals to justice after World War II (1939-1945).
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