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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.

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.

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.

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.

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,…

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…

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.

Leon Degrelle (1906-1994) was the founder and leader of the Rexist Party in Belgium, and was a Nazi collaborator. He is pictured arriving to the Sports Palace of Brussels while receiving overflowing enthusiasm from his supporters.

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) was the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. He was also the former Governor of New Jersey and the President of Princeton University. He was in office during World War I and was one of the four main…

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) was the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was the fifth cousin of former President Theodore Roosevelt, as well as the former Senator and Governor of New York. Roosevelt entered…