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Second World War Militaria


The Birks Foundation goes one step further than militaria items.  We thoroughly investigate information about the war era itself.  This gives us a view into the past about the people and actions that affected the outcome of the wars fought.

Military Leaders - Second World War:  Choose from the links Below:

British and Commonwealth Military Figures

  • Harold Alexander
  • Claude Auchinleck
  • Douglas Bader
  • Donald Bennett
  • Thomas Blamey
  • Harry Broadhurst
  • Alan Brooke
  • Maurice Buckmaster
  • Leonard Cheshire
  • Peter Churchill
  • Arthur Coningham
  • Andrew Cunningham
  • Miles Dempsey
  • Alan Deere
  • John Dill
  • Eric Dormon-Smith
  • William Sholto Douglas
  • Hugh Dowding
  • Basil Embry
  • Guy Gibson
  • John Gort
  • Colin Gubbins
  • Arthur Harris
  • Brian Horrocks
  • William Ironside
  • Hastings Ismay
  • Johnnie Johnson
  • Edgar J. Kain
  • James Lacey
  • Oliver Leese
  • Trafford Leigh-Mallory
  • Basil Liddel Hart
  • Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt
  • Herbert Lumsden
  • Clifford McEwen
  • Frank Messervy
  • Bernard Montgomery
  • Leslie Morshead
  • Lord Mountbatten
  • Keith Park
  • Marmaduke Pattle
  • Richard Peirse
  • Arthur Percival
  • Charles Portal
  • Bertram Ramsay
  • Neil Richie
  • Robert Saunby
  • John Slessor
  • William Slim
  • James Somerville
  • Arthur Tedder
  • John Tovey
  • Archibald Wavell
  • Jeff West
  • Orde Wingate
  • Edward Yeo-Thomas

United States Military Figures

  • Henry Arnold
  • Walter Bedell-Smith
  • Omar Bradley
  • Simon Buckner
  • Daniel Callaghan
  • Evans Carlson
  • Mark Clark
  • Joe L. Collins
  • Lucius D.Clay
  • William Donovan
  • Ira Eaker
  • Merritt Edson
  • Robert Eichelberger
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Frank Fletcher
  • Roy Geiger
  • Oscar Griswold
  • Leslie Groves
  • William Halsey
  • Thomas Hart
  • Millard Harmon
  • Courtney Hodges
  • Husband Kimmel
  • Ernest King
  • Thomas Kinkaid
  • Walter Krueger
  • William Leahy
  • Curtis LeMay
  • John Lucas
  • Douglas MacArthur
  • George Marshall
  • Frank Merrill
  • Chester Nimitz
  • Alexander Patch
  • George Patton
  • Lewis Puller
  • Matthew Ridgway
  • Holland Smith
  • Carl Spaatz
  • Raymond Spruance
  • Harold Stark
  • Joseph Stilwell
  • Paul Tibbets
  • Lucian Truscott
  • Richmond Turner
  • Alexander Vandegrift
  • Jonathan Wainwright
  • Carleton Wright

German Military Figures

  • Jurgen von Arnium
  • Hermann Balck
  • Fritz Bayerlein
  • Ludwig Beck
  • Werner von Blomberg
  • Guenther Blumentritt
  • Fedor von Bock
  • Heinrich von Brauchitsch
  • Ernst Busch
  • Wilhelm Canaris
  • Kurt Daluege
  • Joseph Dietrich
  • Karl Doenitz
  • Adolf Eichmann
  • Alexander von Falkenhausen
  • Werner von Fitsch
  • Erich Fromm
  • Adolf Galland
  • Hermann Goering
  • Wilhelm Groener
  • Heinz Guderian
  • Franz Halder
  • Erich Hartmann
  • Kurt Hammerstein-Equord
  • Gotthard Heinrici
  • Adolf Heusinger
  • Erich Hoepner
  • Herman Hoth
  • Hans Hube
  • Alfred Jodl
  • Wilhelm Keitel
  • Albert Kesselring
  • Paul von Kleist
  • Gunther von Kluge
  • George von Kuechler
  • Wilhelm Leeb
  • Joachim Lemelsen
  • Siegmund List
  • Erich von Manstein
  • Hasso Manteuffel
  • Erhard Miltch
  • Walther Model
  • Werner Moelders
  • Walther Nehring
  • Freidrich Paulus
  • Gunther Prien
  • Erich Raeder
  • Walther von Reichenau
  • Wolfram von Richthofen
  • Erwin Rommel
  • Hans Ulrich Rudel
  • Gerd von Rundstedt
  • Friedrich Schorner
  • Fabin Schlabrendorff
  • Kurt von Schleicher
  • Hans von Seeckt
  • Fridolin von Senger
  • Otto Skorzeny
  • Hans Speidel
  • Hugo Sperrle
  • Jürgen Stroop
  • George Stumme
  • Kurt Student
  • Carl Stulpnagel
  • Kurt von Tippelskirch
  • Wilhelm von Thoma
  • Henning von Tresckow
  • Ernst Udet
  • Heinrich Vietinghoff
  • Walther Warlimont
  • Siegfried Westphal
  • Karl Wolff
  • Erwin von Witzleben
  • Kurt Zeitzler

Japanese Military Leaders

  • Masaki Honda
  • Janji Ishiwari
  • Mineichi Koga
  • Takeo Kurita
  • Akiro Muto
  • Chuichi Nagumo
  • Jisaburo Ozawa
  • Raizo Tanaka
  • Hisaichi Terauchi
  • Hideki Tojo
  • Soemu Toyoda
  • Mitsuru Ushijima
  • Isoruku Yamamoto
  • Tomoyuki Yamashita

French Military Leaders

  • Antoine Bethouart
  • Gaston Billotte
  • Jean-Francois Darlan
  • Maurice Gamelin
  • Charles De Gaulle
  • Alphonse Georges
  • Henri Giraud
  • Alphonse Juin
  • Pierre Koenig
  • Jean-Maarie de Lattre
  • Philippe Leclerc
  • Charles Nogues
  • Henri-Philippe Petain
  • Maxime Weygand

Soviet Military Leaders

  • Konstantin Rokossovy
  • Semen Timoshenko 

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