WWII: Major Allied Figures

[Gerald]

Winston Churchill

The British Prime Minister (shown in November 1942) was one of the first politicians to recognize Hitler as a threat. His messages of defiance and resolve are credited with inspiring England to win the war.

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/22975/wwii-major-allied-figures

[the_tyrant]

I always thought that Charles Chaplin beat him to it:hmmm:
I love Life pictures:yeah:

[Oberon]

:hmmm:

I'd like to add a couple to that:

http://www.secondworldwar.org.uk/stork/stork14.jpg
Admiral Sir Percy Noble
Commander Western Approaches 1941-42.

http://www.uboat.net/allies/personnel/photos/horton.jpg
Admiral Sir Max Horton
Commander Western Approaches 1942-45

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Alan_Turing_photo.jpg
Alan Turing
CGCS, Bletchley Park

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Robert_Watson-Watt.jpg/250px-Robert_Watson-Watt.jpg
Sir Robert Watson-Watt
Chain Home Radar network creator

http://spitfiresite.com/uploaded_images/acm-hugh-dowding.jpg
Air Chief Marshall Hugh Dowding
Commanding officer of RAF Fighter Command

British bias I know, but these are the men I could think of to hand, each one played an important, heck, vital part in keeping Britain off the ropes during the hard times of 1939-41. They're usually the first to be forgotten though, which is a shame, a terrible shame.

Still, good list. :salute:

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://www.uboat.net/allies/personnel/photos/horton.jpg
Admiral Sir Max Horton
Commander Western Approaches 1942-45



I've said it before and I'll say it again, my grandfather was a submariner called Max Horton - how disappointed was I to find he wasn't the Max Horton, Flag Officer Submarines! :wah:

[Jimbuna]

:hmmm:

British bias I know, :salute:

Allow me to add two more....of a naval type :03:

Frederick John Walker DSO, RN


http://www.uboat.net/allies/commanders/photos/walker.jpg

Donald George Frederick Wyville MacIntyre DSO, DSC, RN


http://www.uboat.net/allies/commanders/photos/macintyre.jpg

[HunterICX]

What..no Polish figures like...

Lieutenant General Władysław Anders
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2204/wladyslawanders.jpg


Anders was the commander of the 2nd Polish Corps in Italy 1943–1946, capturing Monte Cassino in the Battle of Monte Cassino.


HunterICX

[Oberon]

Johnny Walker, one of the finest uboat hunters out there. :salute:

And, a personal favourite of mine from the Mediterranean theatre:

http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/4310-bilder/cunningham02.jpg
Admiral Andrew Cunningham
CiC, Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet

[Raptor1]

Wait a minute, what about...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/General_Sir_Richard_O%27Connor.jpg
Richard O'Connor

(Cunningham was supposed supposed to go here, but Oberon beat me to it)

and the obviously missing Soviets...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Georgi_Zhukov_in_1940.jpg
Georgy Zhukov

and

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/MarshalVasilevsky.jpg/450px-MarshalVasilevsky.jpg
Aleksandr Vasilevsky

[Oberon]

Yes, I was surprised not to see Zhukov on the original list, he was one helluva influential force in World War Two. Up there with Patton and Monty for definite. :yep:

[TLAM Strike]

The most important one of them all...
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2033/wwiisoldiers.jpg
...the American GI :salute:

I guess that's just my American bias...
In the Brit movies its always the English Officer as the hero...
In the US movies its always the small town PFC or Sargent...
:hmmm:

[Gerald]

The most important one of them all...
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2033/wwiisoldiers.jpg
...the American GI :salute:

I guess that's just my American bias...
In the Brit movies its always the English Officer as the hero...
In the US movies its always the small town PFC or Sargent...
:hmmm: :salute:

[Jimbuna]

The most important one of them all...

...the American GI :salute:

I guess that's just my American bias...
In the Brit movies its always the English Officer as the hero...
In the US movies its always the small town PFC or Sargent...
:hmmm:

Yep....when you eventually decided to get involved :DL

:03:

@Oberon...this is your que for the fighter boys (when Britain stood alone).

[Schroeder]

@Oberon...this is your que for the fighter boys (when Britain stood alone).
But you weren't alone.:stare:
We were there all the way with you.:O:

[Sailor Steve]

Yep....when you eventually decided to get involved :DL
WHAT? That's just not true! We never decided...WE WUZ DRAFTED!
:rotfl2:

[Oberon]

But you weren't alone.:stare:
We were there all the way with you.:O:

Adolf Hitler - The Allies Greatest Secret Weapon :yeah:

[Raptor1]

Adolf Hitler - The Allies Greatest Secret Weapon :yeah:

I thought about how Hitler should've been at the very top of the list of Major Allied Figures earlier. :O:

[Jimbuna]

But you weren't alone.:stare:
We were there all the way with you.:O:

WHAT? That's just not true! We never decided...WE WUZ DRAFTED!
:rotfl2:

LOL :DL