Allied leaders of World War II

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and their advisors in Casablanca Conference,January 1943
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Roosevelt and Churchill at the Cairo Conference, 25 November 1943.
Leaders of the "Big Three" central Allies, Churchill, Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Tehran Conference, 28 November-1 December 1943.
The "Big Three": Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at the Yalta Conference in February 1945.

The Allied leaders of World War II listed below comprise the important political and military figures who fought for or supported the Allies during World War II. Engaged in total war, they had to adapt to new types of modern warfare, on the military, psychological and economic fronts.

Albania Free Albania

Belgium Belgium

Hubert Pierlot, the Prime Minister of Belgium between 1939 and 1945, and leader of the Belgian government in exile

Brazil Brazil

United Kingdom British Empire & Commonwealth

 Australia

 Canada

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King at the Banff Springs Hotel just prior to the outbreak of war in Europe, 27 May 1939

 India

 New Zealand

The then Brigadier Stevens greets Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, at Naples Airport, May 1944

 Union of South Africa

 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Malaysia British Malaya

 Newfoundland

 British Mandate for Palestine

 Southern Rhodesia

Taiwan Republic of China

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.

Czechoslovakia Free Czechoslovak Republic

Denmark Kingdom of Denmark

Thorvald Stauning, Prime minister of Denmark 1924–1942.

Egypt Kingdom of Egypt

Ethiopia Empire of Ethiopia

France French Third Republic (Until 1940)

Free France Free French Forces (and later Fighting France and Provisional government of the French Republic)

Greece Kingdom of Greece

Iran Imperial State of Iran

Korea Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea

Liberia Republic of Liberia

Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Mexico United Mexican States

Mongolia Mongolian People's Republic

Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands

Norway Kingdom of Norway

Poland Second Polish Republic

Polish Government in Exile and Secret State

Soviet Union Soviet Union

Marshal Zhukov reading the German capitulation. Seated on his right is Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder.

United States United States of America

European Front

Pacific Front

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico

Left to right: Major General Geiger, Corps Commander; Colonel Silverthorn, Corps Chief of Staff and Brigadier General del Valle, Corps Artillery Commander, examine a plaster relief map of Guam on board the USS Appalachian.

Commonwealth of the Philippines Philippine Commonwealth

Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia

See also

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