Historical figures of World War II

The atlas holds 54 people and 330 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Moments

  1. 1944 Home at Canonbury Square George Orwell
  2. 1944 Begins Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr.
  3. 1944 Campaigns through New York City in the rain Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  4. 1944 Campaigns through Philadelphia in the rain Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  5. 1944 Reception for Churchill in Paris Charles de Gaulle
  6. 1944 Edison Illuminating Company building dedication Henry Ford
  7. 1944 Infantry assignment in Traunstein Pope Benedict XVI
  8. 1944 Armistice Day in liberated Paris Winston Churchill
  9. 1944 Final public speech Benito Mussolini
  10. 1944 Battle of the Bulge reporting trip Ernest Hemingway
  11. 1944 Flies to Athens during Greek crisis Winston Churchill
  12. 1945 Postwar residence in Paris Albert Camus
  13. 1945 University law studies Fidel Castro
  14. 1945 War-correspondent visit to Cologne George Orwell
  15. 1945 War-correspondent visit to Stuttgart George Orwell
  16. 1945 Moved to rue Bonaparte Jean-Paul Sartre
  17. 1945 Visit to General Marshall at the Pentagon Jean-Paul Sartre
  18. 1945 Recovered at Castle Hot Springs John F. Kennedy
  19. 1945 First public talk in Montevideo Jorge Luis Borges
  20. 1945 Wartime winter in the Ardennes Marlene Dietrich
  21. 1945 Internment at Neu-Ulm Pope Benedict XVI
  22. 1945 Aid to Edith Zierer Pope John Paul II
  23. 1945 Keeps first Yearling Row Ranch Ronald Reagan
  24. 1945 Stops in Malta en route to Yalta Winston Churchill
  25. 1945 Attends Yalta Conference Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  26. 1945 Briefs ambassadors in Algiers Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  27. 1945 Meets Churchill in Malta Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  28. 1945 Meets Middle Eastern rulers on Great Bitter Lake Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  29. 1945 War correspondent in liberated Paris George Orwell
  30. 1945 Attends the Yalta Conference Joseph Stalin
  31. 1945 Performance on a tank at Gillrath Marlene Dietrich
  32. 1945 Attends Yalta Conference Winston Churchill
  33. 1945 Last filmed public appearance in Chancellery garden Adolf Hitler
  34. 1945 Addresses Congress after Yalta Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  35. 1945 Returns to Warm Springs to rest Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  36. 1945 Training and residence in Auburn George H. W. Bush
  37. 1945 Paratrooper practice jump Marlene Dietrich
  38. 1945 Visits front after Rhine crossing Winston Churchill
  39. 1945 Dies in Führerbunker Adolf Hitler
  40. 1945 Body displayed at Piazzale Loreto Benito Mussolini
  41. 1945 Capture near Dongo Benito Mussolini
  42. 1945 Convoy at Menaggio Benito Mussolini
  43. 1945 Execution at Villa Belmonte Benito Mussolini
  44. 1945 Overnight stop at Como Benito Mussolini
  45. 1945 Return to Milan in the final days Benito Mussolini
  46. 1945 Stopped at Musso Benito Mussolini
  47. 1945 Dies at the Little White House Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  48. 1945 Sworn in as president Harry S. Truman
  49. 1945 Meeting with OSS agent Archimedes Patti Ho Chi Minh
  50. 1945 Covered the United Nations conference John F. Kennedy

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