The Allied leaders of World War II listed below comprise the important political and military figures who fought for or supported the Allies during World War II. Engaged in total war, they had to adapt to new types of modern warfare, on the military, psychological and economic fronts.
Read more about Allied Leaders Of World War II: Albania, Belgium, Brazil, British Empire & Commonwealth, Republic of China, French Third Republic (Until 1940), Kingdom of Greece, Mexico, Second Polish Republic (Until 1939), Soviet Union, Saudi Arabia, United States of America, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Czechoslovak Republic, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Kingdom of Denmark, Kingdom of Norway, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Kingdom of Egypt, Empire of Ethiopia, Empire of Iran, Republic of Liberia
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“A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate”
—Christopher Hampton (b. 1946)
“All of us recognize the great benefits to our own nation and to the world of a strong and progressive Iran. Your support of the Camp David accords and your encouragement of the leaders who are or may be involved in consummating the peace effort would be very valuable.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It is a product of our own thought. We create it out of whole cloth.”
—Emile Durkheim (1858–1917)
“Newspaperman: That was a magnificent work. There were these mass columns of Apaches in their war paint and feather bonnets. And here was Thursday leading his men in that heroic charge.
Capt. York: Correct in every detail.
Newspaperman: He’s become almost a legend already. He’s the hero of every schoolboy in America.”
—Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)