Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 - 30 April 1945) was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (The Nazi party). He was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, and became FAhrer (leader) [2] in 1934, remaining in power until his suicide in 1945.

Subhash Chandra Bose, (Bangla: <big>নেতাজী সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু</big> (सुभाष चदंर वसु) "Shubhash Chôndro Boshu") (January 23, 1897 - presumably August 18, 1945 [although this is disputed]<sup><small&gt;note</small></sup&gt;), also known as Netaji (lit. "Revered Leader"), was one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian Independence Movement against the British Raj.

Dr. Ba Maw (8 February 1893 - 29 May 1977) was a Burmese political leader. Ba Maw was born in Maubin, Burma (now Myanmar). Ba Maw came from a distinguished family of scholars and lawyers. One of his elder brothers, Dr Ba Han (1890-1969), was a lawyer as well as a lexicographer and legal scholar. In 1924 Ba Maw obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Bordeaux, France. Ba Maw wrote his doctoral thesis in the French language on aspects of Buddhism in Myanmar.

Erwin Rommel (Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, 1891-1944) | The famous "Desert Fox" commander of the North African campaign was born in Heidenheim, near Ulm on Nov. 15, 1891. While earning the respect of both sides in WWII, Rommel became disillusioned with Hitler. Although the Nazis accused him of being involved in the abortive July 20, 1944 bombing/assassination attempt against Hitler, his active role in the plot is doubtful.

José Paciano Laurel y García was the president of the Japanese-sponsored Republic of the Philippines from 1943 to 1945. Laurel was not subsequently officially recognized as a Philippine president until the administration of Diosdado Macapagal.

Henri Fernand Dentz was a Vichy French general during World War II. He was in charge of the defence of the French Mandates of Syria and the Lebanon, and commanded the "Armée du Levant" of approximately 45,000 men. After Vichy authorities allowed German "Luftwaffe" aircraft to refuel in the mandates, the Allies planned an invasion. On June 8, 1941, a force of approximately 20,000 Australian, Indian, Free French and British troops, …

Boris T. Pash (1900-1995) was a US Army officer. He was born in San Francisco, California, on June 20 1900. His father was Rev. Theodore Pashkovsky (would become Most Reverend Metropolitan Theophilus from 1934-1950), a Russian Orthodox priest who had been sent to California by the Church in 1894. Because his father had been recalled to Russia, the entire family returned to Russia in 1912. Boris attended Seminary school and graduated in 1917.

Franz von Werra (1914-1941) was a German World War II fighter pilot who was shot down over England and captured. He is generally regarded as the only Axis prisoner of war to succeed in escaping and returning to the "Reich", although in fact several others also succeeded in doing so. He was however the only German airman to perform the feat. Franz von Werra was born on 13 July, 1914, to impoverished Swiss parents in Leuk, a town in the Swiss canton of Valais.

Fredrik Jensen, born March 25, 1921 in Oslo, Norway was a Norwegian soldier in the german Waffen SS during the World War II. He is the highest decorated Norwegian on the Axis' side during the war with the German Cross in Gold. Jensen served in the many Waffen-SS regiments, such as the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 «Der Führer» in 2. SS-Panzer-Division «Das Reich» and SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 «Germania» in 5. SS-Panzer-Division «Wiking».

Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein, (August 16, 1906, Schloss Frauenthal, Styria, Austria - November 13, 1989) was the prince of Liechtenstein from 1938 until his death. His full title was "Fürst von und zu Liechtenstein, Herzog von Troppau und Jägerndorf, Graf zu Rietberg." He was son of Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein and his wife Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (daughter of Archduke Karl Ludwig).

Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos (January 12, 1892 — September 20, 1941) was a Ukrainian-born general of the Red Army. Being accorded the the highest military decoration, the Hero of the Soviet Union title, for the skill and courage in commanding a division in the 1939-1940 Finnish campaign, …

Captain Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (March 23, 1915-December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II who between November 10 and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad killed 225 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 enemy snipers. Prior to 10 November he had already killed 32 Axis soldiers with the standard-issue Mosin-Nagant rifle ("tryokhlineyka", three line rifle).

Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino María Ortiz Lizardi was President of Argentina from February 20 1938 to June 27 1942. Ortiz was born in Buenos Aires. As a student at the University of Buenos Aires, he participated in an unsuccessful revolution in 1905. In 1909 he graduated from the university and became a lawyer. He became active in the Radical Civic Union and was elected to the Argentine National Congress in 1920. He served as minister of public works from 1925 to 1928.

Lt. Cdr. Roger P. Hill, DSO, DSC, (22 June, 1910 - 5 May, 2001) was a commander of many famous destroyers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Hill served in very crucial theatres of the war, being present in the Arctic convoys, the Mediterranean Campaign and Malta Convoys, as well as playing a supporting role aboard HMS "Jervis" during the landings at Normandy.

Michel Arnaud was a French General that distinguished himself in World War II, and for this was decorated with the Ordre de la Libération and made "Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur". Son of a pharmacist, Arnaud was born on November 17 1915 in Bourg-en-Bresse. After studying in Dijon in the Lyceum Carnot, he opted for the military career and went in 1935 to the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, the foremost French military academy.

Jenő Rejtő was a Hungarian author, science fiction writer, playwright and journalist, who died as a political prisoner during the World War II. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, on March 29 1905, and died in Yevdokovo, Soviet Union (then under Axis occupation) on January 1 1943. Jenő Rejtő completed his studies at a drama school in 1934, and then travelled throughout Europe. Returning home, he made his living as a playwright, often with great success, …