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King Leopold III (1901-1983) of Belgium, who rose to the throne in 1934. He was captured by German forces during the war and was freed in 1950, and he was forced to abdicate to his son Baudouin.

Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) was the Communist dictator of the Russian Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. He created a totalitarian political system, and an industrialized country and military superpower from a largely agrarian and vulnerable state. He…

Prince Edward VIII (1894-1972) and his new wife Wallis Simpson (1896-1986), also known as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, on their wedding day. He was the King of Great Britain from January to December 1936. He intended to marry Simpson, a divorcee,…

José Miaja Menant (1878-1958), known as General Miaja, was the general that was selected to defend Madrid during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Pictured upon his arrival in France.

Georges Bonnet (1889-1973) was a French politician and minister of finance, pictured with 47th French Prime Minister Camille Chautemps (1885-1963) on the left, and with Leon Blum (1872-1950), another French Prime Minister.

Generally known as Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), the French Marshal and Prime Minister/Chief of the French State from 1940-1944 is pictured here with US General John J.
Pershing (1860-1948), leaving Pétain’s inauguration ceremony.

Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (1909-2004) and her husband Prince Bernhard (1911-2004) are pictured staying in Poland, in the mountains of the Beskids.

Hermann Goering (1893-1946) was a German political and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party. Pictured with the winner of the German Derby in Hamburg.

Then-Princess (and current Queen) Elizabeth (1926-) and Philip
Mountbatten (1921-) of Great Britain, pictured with Edward VIII, visiting the sports grounds of the Osram factory near Berlin.

King Boris III (1894-1943) was the Tsar of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death. Pictured greeting an Archbishop at the international land of the Black Sea, for a tribute to fallen warriors.