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Question: What do all these people have to do with WW2 (WW2 buffs wanted!)!?
Winston Churchill
William Hasley
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
Harry S Truman
Henry Kaiser
Benito Mussolini
Erwin Rommel
Joseph StalinWww@QuestionHome@Com


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Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin were leaders of the nations allied with the United States; Admiral William (Bull) Halsey and Admiral Chester Nimitz were United States Fleet Admirals; Harry S!. Truman was Vice President for Franklin D!. Roosevelt when WWII started, but upon the death of FDR, Truman became President to the end of the war; Henry J!. Kaiser devised a quick and easy method for building supply ships (Liberty Ships) for the war effort; Benito Mussolini was the leader of the Italian country in league with the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan); Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was a brilliant Germany general, noted for his North African campaigns against the Allied Forces; General Douglas MacArthur was the General of the Army, Pacific Theater, directed the liberation of the Phillipine Islands, devised the push from the Inchon Resevoir against the North Koreans, and was fired by Pres!. H!.S!. Truman!. A line from his farewell speech has become an icon of phrases: "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com