History of Oceania

Who were famous people in the Pacific World War 2?

United States:

* Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States

* Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

* Chester W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet

* George S. Patton, Jr., General, Commander, Third Army

Japan:

* Emperor Hirohito

* Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister

* Isoroku Yamamoto, Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet

* Tomoyuki Yamashita, General, Commander, 14th Area Army

China:

* Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China

* Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party

* Zhu De, Commander-in-Chief, People's Liberation Army

Britain:

* Winston Churchill, Prime Minister

* Bernard Montgomery, General, Commander, 21st Army Group

* Louis Mountbatten, Admiral of the Fleet, Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia

Australia:

* John Curtin, Prime Minister

* Robert Menzies, Prime Minister

* Thomas Blamey, General, Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces

New Zealand:

* Peter Fraser, Prime Minister

* Bernard Freyberg, General, Commander, 2nd New Zealand Division

Canada:

* William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister

* Harry Crerar, General, Commander, 1st Canadian Army

France:

* Charles de Gaulle, President of the French Republic

* Philippe Leclerc, General, Commander, 2nd French Armored Division

The Netherlands:

* Queen Wilhelmina

* Hein ter Poorten, Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Royal Netherlands Navy

* Simon Spoor, General, Commander-in-Chief, Royal Netherlands Army