Biographies

Tamon Yamaguchi

Entering service just in time for the Great War, Tamon Yamaguchi would go on to become one of Japan’s best carrier commanders. He would take part in the Pearl Harbor Attack in late 1941, but would lose his life months later, choosing to go down with his flagship at the conclusion of the disastrous Battle of Midway.

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Jimmy Doolittle

One of the most famous figures in the history of American aviation, and the leader of the famous Doolittle Raid on Japan in 1942, Jimmy Doolittle was a pioneer of various flight techniques as well as a skilled and daring pilot.

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William Simpson

The commander of the US 9th Army in the Second World War, William Hood Simpson was very popular with his men, fellow officers and allies, gaining accolades from such men as Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery.

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Alwin-Broder Albrecht

A lesser known member of Adolf Hitler’s personal staff, a former naval officer saved from the wrath of his superiors by the personal intervention of the Fuhrer. This would lead him down a path to destruction with the Third Reich, taking his life in the bunker as the Soviet Red Army closed in.

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George VI of the United Kingdom

Originally known as Prince Albert, King George VI had reluctantly taken the British Throne after the death of his father and the abdication of his older brother. Despite this, his leadership would restore the public’s faith in the monarchy, and see Britain through the maelstrom of the Second World War.

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William Halsey

“Bull” Halsey was the famously aggressive commander of the US Third Fleet during the Second World War. An early proponent of the value of naval air power, he would command carriers when the war began, and would be present for the signing of the Japanese surrender in 1945.

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Husband Kimmel

The US Admiral known for his command during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had reached his position as Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet after a long career, including service in the Mexican intervention of 1914 and the First World War. Many would consider him to be a scapegoat for the attack in 1941, which cost him his command and ended his naval career.

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Walter Model

The general known as Hitler’s Fireman, Field Marshal Walter Model distinguished himself as an offensive commander of panzer forces during Operation Barbarossa, but would be best known for later becoming a defensive commander capable of salvaging some of the worst situations on the front. Facing conviction for war crimes if captured, he would commit suicide as the Third Reich collapsed.

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Edvard Beneš

The second President of Czechoslovakia was influential in the independence of his country from the Hapsburg Empire, and would later preside over the dismemberment of it at the hands of the Germans. After painstakingly rebuilding Czechoslovakia during and after the war, he would be sidelined again by the communists, leaving a troubled legacy.

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