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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was a Austrian-born German politician and leader of the Nazi Party during World War II. Adolf was born April 20, 1889 in Braunau Am Inn, Austria to Klara Hitler and Adolf Hitler. As a child Adolf showed great intellectual prowess and was extremely popular amongst his classmates. At secondary school, Hitler lost his social adoration and failed to care at school anymore. When he was fifteen, Adolf . . . . *click here to continue reading*
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman, born to John Anderson Truman and Martha Truman in the small town of Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884. Harry had two siblings, Vivian Truman, his brother and Mary Jane Truman, his sister. The Truman family moved many times during the Truman childrens' youth. Harry attended public school an graduated from high school in 1901. After high school, he worked briefly for a railroad construction contractor and as a clerk in two Kansa banks. He then returned to Grandview in 1906 to help his family run the farm. He continued as a farmer for ten years. Harry served in the . . . *click here to continue reading*
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York on January 30, 1882. He was the son of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. His parents and private tutors provided him with almost all his formative education. The 32nd U.S. president, who led the country through the bulk of World War II until his death..... *click here to continue reading*
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a master craftsman in the demanding art of leadership. For twenty years, first as a soldier and then as a statesman, he bore the daily responsibility for difficult decisions that had far-reaching consequences for the nation. An obscure Army officer in 1940, he was internationally known four years later as the Supreme Allied Commander who was leading the Allied armies, navies, and air forces in the crusade in Europe... *click here to continue reading*
General Hideki Tojo
Wartime leader of Japan’s government, General Tôjô Hideki, with his close-cropped hair, mustache, and round spectacles, became for Allied propagandists one of the most commonly caricatured members of Japan’s military dictatorship throughout the Pacific war.General Hideki Tojo was the prime minister of Japan from October of 1941 to July of 1944 . . .*click here to continue reading*
Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto is said to be Japan’s greatest strategist and officer because he commanded the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto was born on April 4th, 1884. Yamamoto graduated from the Japanese naval academy in 1904. After that, he worked as a marine attaché fo the Japanese embassy in Washington D.C. from 1926 to 1927. in the next 15 years . . . *click here to continue reading*
Josef Stalin
Stalin held the title General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953), a position that did not originally have significant influence, but through Stalin's ascendancy, became that of party leader. *click to continue reading*
Chester W. Nimitz
Chester William Nimitz was born on 24 February 1885. He set his sights for the Army career during his time as a student in high school. The high school was called Tivy High School, Kerrville, Texas. In 1905, Nimitz left the high school to enter. . . *click here to continue reading*
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was a Austrian-born German politician and leader of the Nazi Party during World War II. Adolf was born April 20, 1889 in Braunau Am Inn, Austria to Klara Hitler and Adolf Hitler. As a child Adolf showed great intellectual prowess and was extremely popular amongst his classmates. At secondary school, Hitler lost his social adoration and failed to care at school anymore. When he was fifteen, Adolf . . . . *click here to continue reading*
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman, born to John Anderson Truman and Martha Truman in the small town of Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884. Harry had two siblings, Vivian Truman, his brother and Mary Jane Truman, his sister. The Truman family moved many times during the Truman childrens' youth. Harry attended public school an graduated from high school in 1901. After high school, he worked briefly for a railroad construction contractor and as a clerk in two Kansa banks. He then returned to Grandview in 1906 to help his family run the farm. He continued as a farmer for ten years. Harry served in the . . . *click here to continue reading*
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York on January 30, 1882. He was the son of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. His parents and private tutors provided him with almost all his formative education. The 32nd U.S. president, who led the country through the bulk of World War II until his death..... *click here to continue reading*
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a master craftsman in the demanding art of leadership. For twenty years, first as a soldier and then as a statesman, he bore the daily responsibility for difficult decisions that had far-reaching consequences for the nation. An obscure Army officer in 1940, he was internationally known four years later as the Supreme Allied Commander who was leading the Allied armies, navies, and air forces in the crusade in Europe... *click here to continue reading*
General Hideki Tojo
Wartime leader of Japan’s government, General Tôjô Hideki, with his close-cropped hair, mustache, and round spectacles, became for Allied propagandists one of the most commonly caricatured members of Japan’s military dictatorship throughout the Pacific war.General Hideki Tojo was the prime minister of Japan from October of 1941 to July of 1944 . . .*click here to continue reading*
Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto is said to be Japan’s greatest strategist and officer because he commanded the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto was born on April 4th, 1884. Yamamoto graduated from the Japanese naval academy in 1904. After that, he worked as a marine attaché fo the Japanese embassy in Washington D.C. from 1926 to 1927. in the next 15 years . . . *click here to continue reading*
Josef Stalin
Stalin held the title General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953), a position that did not originally have significant influence, but through Stalin's ascendancy, became that of party leader. *click to continue reading*
Chester W. Nimitz
Chester William Nimitz was born on 24 February 1885. He set his sights for the Army career during his time as a student in high school. The high school was called Tivy High School, Kerrville, Texas. In 1905, Nimitz left the high school to enter. . . *click here to continue reading*