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Facts

Born March 11, 1899 • Denmark
Died January 14, 1972 (aged 72) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Title / Office king (1947-1972), Denmark
Notable Family Members father Christian X • daughter Margrethe II
Role In World War II

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Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
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Adolf Hitler
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Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling and leaning on a surface, holding a cigarette in a holder, wearing a suit and glasses, photographed in 1937.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president of United States
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Italian dictator
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
president of United States
George S. Patton
George Patton
American military officer
Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia, wearing a suit and tie, speaks at a podium with microphones during a conference in Belgrade.
Josip Broz Tito
president of Yugoslavia
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Chesty Puller
United States Marine Corps officer
Alan Turing
Alan Turing
British mathematician and logician
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese soldier and statesman
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German political leader and convicted war criminal
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Harold K. Johnson
United States Army officer
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
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