Cairo in World War II
The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 1943 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Naguib Mahfouz and Yasser Arafat.
Notable people
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1943
2 moments here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Naguib Mahfouz
in 1945
1 moment here
Egyptian novelist, screenwriter, and playwright whose fiction made Cairo a central setting of modern Arabic literature.…
Yasser Arafat
in 1944
1 moment here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…
Chiang Kai-shek
in 1943
1 moment here
Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…
Moments
- 1943 Cairo Conference Chiang Kai-shek
- 1943 Arrives for First Cairo Conference Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1943 Returns to Cairo for second conference Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1944 Enrollment at King Fuad I University Yasser Arafat
- 1945 Transfer to al-Ghuri Mausoleum library Naguib Mahfouz