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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“I fear that we are such gods or demigods only as fauns and satyrs, the divine allied to beasts, the creatures of appetite, and that, to some extent, our very life is our disgrace.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.”
—Abba Eban (b. 1915)
“Justice?—You get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law.”
—William Gaddis (b. 1922)
“This people must cease to hold slaves, and to make war on Mexico, though it cost them their existence as a people.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)