Gallery of Second World War Leaders

Australia - Canada - China - France - Germany - Italy - Japan - Poland - South Africa - Soviet Union - Turkey - United Kingdom - United States - Yugoslavia - Other

Australia

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  General T. Blamey and General MacArthur
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  Generals MacArthur and Blamey on New Guinea
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  Curtin and Smuts, London, 1944
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  Major General Cyril A. Clowes
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  Sergeant Thomas Currie Derrick V.C
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  Hackett, General John, in 1944
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  Hackett, General John, in 1983
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  Major-General E. F. Herring
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  Lt. General S. F. Rowell
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  Brigadier S.G. Savige
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  Captain W. Sherlock
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  Women working in Ammo factory, Australia

Canada

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  Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada addresses Parliament

China

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  Madam Chiang Kai-Shek treated wounded soldier

France

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  Queen Elizabeth meets Generals de Gaulle and Catroux
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  De Gaulle addressing French National Assembly, Algiers, 1944
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  Admiral Jean de Laborde
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  General Leclerc in Rambouillet

Germany

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  Rear Admiral Karl Bruning surrenders at Felixstowe
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  General Jodl signs the surrender at Rheims
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  Marshal Keitel signs surrender at Berlin
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  General Kienzel signs the surrender document at Luneburg
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  General Stumpff signs surrender at Berlin
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  General Admiral von Friedeburg signs surrender document at Luneburg
• General Edwin Graf von Rothkirch und Trach
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  Von Schlieben after Surrender at Cherbourg
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  Von Schlieben and Hennecke surrender at Cherbourg
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  General Ramcke surrenders at Brest
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  General Elster's staff discuss surrender terms

Italy

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  Generals Masina, Brunetti and Bignami, captured at El Alamein
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  King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Japan

• Adachi, Surrender of Lieutenant General Hatazo
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  Admiral Ozawa being transferred from Zuikaku to Oyodo

Poland

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  Anders and Sikorski in Moscow, 1 December 1941
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  Anders and Sikorski in the Middle East, Summer 1943

South Africa

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  Curtin and Smuts, London, 1944
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  Field Marshal Smuts inspects wrecked Junkers Ju 52

Soviet Union

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  General Ivan Chernakhovsky
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  Lieutenant General Nikolai Oslikovsky
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  Marshal Pavel Rotmistrov, 1944
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  Portrait of Andrei Ivanovich Yeremenko (1892 - 1970)
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  General Andrei Yeremenko, c.1944
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  Marshal Zhukov signs German surrender, Berlin

Turkey

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  President Ismet Inonu of Turkey

United Kingdom

Sir Winston Churchill

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  Churchill broadcasts from Study, 29 November 1942
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  Churchill on a visit to a destroyer depot ship
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  Churchill in Daimler Armoured Car, Xanten, 1945
• Churchill at Wesel, 1945
• Churchill watching the Rhine Crossing, 1945
• Churchill crosses the Rhine
• Churchill meets the 79th Armoured Division
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  Churchill arrives in Normandy
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  Churchill watching AA guns firing on V-1s

Large Groups

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  Commonweath Leaders, 1944
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  Empire Conference Leaders, 1944
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  European Advisory Council, c.1944
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  Bradley, Mongtomery, Dempsey and Hodges

• A

• Picture of Field Marshal Harold Alexander
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  General Alexander inspects Bengazi after El Alamein
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  General Leese and General Alexander during 4th battle of Cassino
• Alexander and Patton, Sicily 1943
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  General Alexander and General Montgomery, 1942
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  General K.A.N. Anderson at opening of Allied North Africa HQ
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  Air Marshal Tedder and General Auchinleck, Middle East War Council, 1942

• B

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  Field Marshal Sir Alan Brook, Chief of the Imperial General Staff

• C

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  Raymond Collishaw in Sopwith Camel
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  Air Vice-Marshal A. Coningham and Lt Gen N.M. Ritchie
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  Montgomery and Crocker near Caen
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  Cunningham and Portal visit Normandy

• E

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  Queen Elizabeth meets Generals de Gaulle and Catroux
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  King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visiting Post Office research station
• Princess Elizabeth inspects Grenadier Guards, 21 March 1945
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  Princess Elizabeth visiting Grenadier Guards on 18th Birthday
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  Princess Elizabeth visits Sea Scouts, 1944

• F

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  General Freyberg leads New Zealand Division into Sidi Barrani

• G

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  George VI on the deck of HMS Indefatigable
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  George VI in Universal Carrier
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  George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Transatlantic Ferry Service
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  George VI inspects Canadian Troops
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  King George VI and Cadet D. G. Whiting
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  King George VI inspects a Lysander II
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  King George VI visits Normandy Beaches
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  King George VI gives CBE to General Keller
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  King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visiting Post Office research station
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  George VI inspects British Divers
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  George VI visits Montgomery, 22 May 1944
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  Royal Visit to Airborne Troops, 19 May 1944
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  George VI and Lord Lovat inspecting Commandos
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  Gord, Lord, commander of the BEF in 1940
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  Lord Gort after Dunkirk
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  Montgomery and General Graham, commander 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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  Grigg, Sir James, Secretary of State for War 1942-45

• H

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  Admiral Max Horton and Commander D.E.G. Wemyss
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  Admiral Max Horton inspecting Depth Charge Projector

• L

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  Major General Leese addresses Royal Artillery, Ramree Island
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  General Leese and General Alexander during 4th battle of Cassino
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  Montgomery and Leigh-Mallory during Overlord
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  George VI and Lord Lovat inspecting Commandos

• M

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  Commander D.G.F.W MacIntyre on bridge of HMS Bickerton
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  General McCreery at Terni
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  Montgomery visits Copenhagen, 1945
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  George VI visits Montgomery, 22 May 1944
• Montgomery visits troops in Coesfeld
• Montgomery East of the Elbe
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  Montgomery, Eisenhower and Bradley after the crossing of the Rhine
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  Montgomery inspects Cannone da 152/50, Bengazi
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  General Alexander and General Montgomery, 1942
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  Montgomery and Leigh-Mallory during Overlord
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  Montgomery and General Graham, commander 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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  Ramsey, Eisenhower and Montgomery on D-Day
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  Montgomery and Bradley in Normandy
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  Montgomery addresses crew of HMS Rodney
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  Montgomery and Beachmaster, Normandy
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  Montgomery passing German POWs in Normandy
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  Montgomery and Crocker near Caen
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  Montgomery East of the Elbe
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  Field Marshal Montgomery reads the surrender document at Luneburg
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  Montgomery in his Overlord HQ Caravan
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  Montgomery addresses Royal Armoured Corps Recruits
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  Montgomery reads the Lesson, July 1944
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  Montgomery visiting the troops, Caen
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  Mountbatten visiting 36th Division, Burma
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  Stillwell and Mountbatten, Burma, 1944
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  Lord Mountbatten addresses troops at Mandalay, 21 March 1945
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  Montgomery and Sub Lt L.D. Durno on aircraft carrier
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  Rear Admiral G. Muirhead-Gould witnesses surrender of Heligoland

• N

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  Captain C.F.W. Norris of HMS Bellona, 1944

• P

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  General Sir Bernard Paget leaving ship during Scottish tour
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  Air Marshal Sir Keith Park on Ramree Island
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  Pile, General Frederick, head of Antiaircraft Command
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  Cunningham and Portal visit Normandy

• R

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  Sir Bertram Home Ramsay
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  Ramsey, Eisenhower and Montgomery on D-Day
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  Admiral Ramsey watching the D-Day landings
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  Air Vice-Marshal A. Coningham and Lt Gen N.M. Ritchie

• S

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  General W.L. Slim, commander 14th Army, Burma

• T

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  Air Marshal Tedder signs German surrender, Berlin
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  Air Marshal Tedder and General Auchinleck, Middle East War Council, 1942
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  Rear-Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge watchs invasion of Elba

• V

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  Rear-Admiral Philip Vian, commander Eastern Force on D-Day

• W

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  General Wavell with staff, Assam-Burma Border

United States

• A

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  General 'Hap' Arnold visits 321st Bombardment Group

• B

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  Generals Stilwell and Boatner, Northern Burma, 1944
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  Montgomery, Eisenhower and Bradley after the crossing of the Rhine
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  Montgomery and Bradley in Normandy
• Buckner, General Simon Boliver, Jr on Okinawa

• C

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  Admiral Daniel J Callaghan (1890-1942)
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  Cannon, General John K. Italy, March 1944
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  Cannon, General John K. commander of Mediterranean Allied Air Force
• Picture of General Mark Clark
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  General Clark Enters Rome
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  General Clark at Anzio
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  General Clark talks to Priest outside St. Peter's, Rome
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  Colonel Phil Cochran and Captain John Birkett, Burma, 1944

• D

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  General Devers inspects Punjabi troops, Italy, 1944
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  Knapp, Doolittle and Spaatz

• E

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  General Eichelberger inspects Native Carriers, New Guinea
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  Eisenhower visits the Normandy Beachhead
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  General Eisenhower meets a group of paratroops before D-Day
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  Montgomery, Eisenhower and Bradley after the crossing of the Rhine
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  Ramsey, Eisenhower and Montgomery on D-Day

• G

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  Peleliu: Major General Roy S Geiger,

• H

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  Halsey, William Frederick "Bull" Jr, 1882-1959
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  Admiral Halsey watching troops embark for Bougainville
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  Peleliu: Colonel Herman H Hanneken, Commander, 7th Marine Infantry Regiment
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  Peleliu: Colonel Harry D 'Bucky' Harris, Commander, 5th Marine Infantry Regiment

• K

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  Rear Admiral Alan Kirk, commander Western Force on D-Day

• L

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  General John Leonard announcing the official end of the war in Europe

• M

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  MacArthur watching Parachutists drop at Markham Valley
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  Generals MacArthur and Blamey on New Guinea
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  General T. Blamey and General MacArthur
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  US MacArthur addresses US Officers, Australia

• N

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  Admiral Nimitz's press conference after liberation of Guam

• P

• Alexander and Patton, Sicily 1943
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  Peleliu: Colonel Lewis B 'Chesty' Puller, Commander, 1st Marine Infantry Regiment

• R

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  Colonel Edson Raff receiving Legion of Honour
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  Peleliu: Major General William H Rupertus, Commander, 1st Marine Division

• S

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  Knapp, Doolittle and Spaatz
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  Senior Officers of USS Bennington (CV-20) explaining raid to T Sprague, mid 1945
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  General Stilwell on the Tanai River
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  Stillwell and Mountbatten, Burma, 1944
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  Generals Stilwell and Boatner, Northern Burma, 1944
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  Colonel W Newsome & General Charles B. Stone III, Kunming, 1945

• Y

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  Major William Yarborough questions German POWs, Tunisia

Yugoslavia

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  Vladislav S. Ribnikar
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  Marshal Tito and his cabinet, c.1944
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  Major-General Arsa Yovanovich
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  Prime Minister Subasic and Marshal Tito meet, 1944

Other

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  His Excellency Sayid Idris greeting Libyan Arab force troops

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