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Also Known As Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman
Born April 23, 1889 • Utrecht • Netherlands
Died February 27, 1942 (aged 52) • Java Sea
Role In World War II • Pacific War
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Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich
Dutch admiral
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Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
prince of the Netherlands
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Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
prime minister of the Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina
queen of the Netherlands
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Dirk Jan de Geer
prime minister of the Netherlands
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Henri Gerard Winkelman
Dutch military officer
British prime minister Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Chesty Puller
Chesty Puller
United States Marine Corps officer
Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese naval officer
Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of staff to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II.
William Daniel Leahy
United States admiral and politician
Ernest Joseph King, chief of U.S. naval operations, 1942–45.
Ernest Joseph King
United States admiral
Chester W. Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
United States admiral
Carlson, Evans
Evans Carlson
United States military officer
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
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
president of United States
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States general
George C. Marshall
George C. Marshall
American military officer and government official
Tōjō Hideki
Tōjō Hideki
prime minister of Japan
Claire L. Chennault.
Claire L. Chennault
United States major general

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