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Indian independence activist and poet known as The Nightingale of India. The first woman to become the governor of an Indian state in 1947 | |
German Lutheran pastor whos writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential. Hanged in a KZ camp in April 1945 | |
One of the pioneer folklore collectors, he's remembered for having infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s, exposing its secrets to authorities and the outside world | |
Field Marshall who in the Soviet invasion commanded Army Group South, responsible for the largest encirclement in history, the Battle of Kiev | |
American female photojournalist covering WWII events for Vogue, like the London Blitz and the concentration camps. Also known for her romances | |
World heavyweight boxing champion 1937-49, and considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time. A focal point of anti-Nazi sentiment leading up to WWII | |
Austrian SS-Hauptsturmführer and the commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów KZ-camp, and depicted in Schindlers List | |
The last King of Yugoslavia, reigning from 1934 to 1945 | |
Australian pharmacologist who shared the Nobel Prize for his role in the making of penicillin, and who carried out the first ever clinical trials of it | |
English writer and one of the foremost modernists of the 1900s. Suffered from bipolar disorder and committed suicide by drowning in 1941 at the age of 59 | |
German, later an American, aerospace engineer credited with inventing the V-2 and the Saturn V rockets | |
German female film director widely known for directing the Nazi propaganda film 'Triumph of the Will' | |
Female Soviet sniper during WWII, credited with 59 confirmed kills. KIA 1945 | |
Indian nationalist who left a troubled legacy because of his connections to Nazi Germany, to rid India of British rule | |
Japanese commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during WWII until he was killed when his plane was shot down in 1943. Led the attack on Pearl Harbor and Midway | |
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American socialite and amateur soprano mocked for her poor singing ability. Became a musical cult figure, and held a concert in Carnegie Hall in 1944 | |
The founder of Pakistan, and the leader of the All-India Muslim League 1913-47, who fought for Pakistani independence from Britain and India | |
Chairman of the Soviet Union 1946-47. Was thought to be the successor-in-waiting to Stalin, but died before him | |
Japanese Army general during WWII, led the successfull attack on Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines | |
Judge in Nazi Germany who sentenced 5000 to death, among them Sophie Scholl | |
French WWII general, who became Marshal of France posthumously. Fought Vichy-France in French Africa | |
Communist general during the Chinese Revolution. He was Mao's designated successor until he died in a plane crash of a failed coup in 1971 | |
Hitler's personal lawyer and Governor-General of occupied Poland. Instituted a reign of terror that caused the Nuremberg trials to sentence him to death | |
German WWII field marshall who orchestrated the 'sickle cut' manouver in the Ardennes in 1940 and led the Germans in the battle of Kursk | |
American diplomat who as a Vice Consul in Marseilles helped over 2,500 Jews to flee as Nazi forces advanced | |
Canadian businessman who founded a Fortune Global 500 conglomerate company, and invented the snowmobile | |
Fleet admiral of the US Navy during WWII, especially known for the Battle of Midway in 1942 | |
German General who planned and commanded the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in 1940 | |
Belgian born British Army officer, known as 'the man who loved war'. Served in the Boer War, WWI and WWII. Was awarded the Victoria Cross | |
Finnish sniper during the Winter War who killed at least 505 men, the highest confirmed in any war | |
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