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Personal Memories of the Royal Tank Regiment
Part 3 Pictures of WW2

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Personalities of WW II

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Adolf Hitler
Reichs Chancellor
der Fuehrer

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Generaloberst Heinz Guderian
Inspekteur (Inspector General
Panzer Troops
Brilliant Tank Strategist

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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Desert Fox

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Claus Philip Schenk von Stauffenberg
Served as an officer in the 6th
Panzer Division. Tried to assassinate
Hitler at the Wolf's Lair

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General Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
Commander Afrika Corps
Surrendered to Montgomery 4th
Nov.1942

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Oberfuehrer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich
General of the Panzertruppen der Waffen SS
Given the post by Himmler

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Prime Minister Coalition Government

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Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery of Alamein

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General Sir Claude Auchinleck
8th Army defeated at Tubruk

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Field Marshal Viscount Sir Harold
Rupert Leofac George Alexander
1st Earl of Tunis
C in C Middle East. Probably the best
British Commander of 2nd World War

Maj.Gen. Sir Percy Hobart
79th Armoured Division
Renowned for his military
vehicle inventions.Tank man
through and through

The above personalities are my first choice,however,there are many more who contributed or effected the outcome of the war.These I have selected for the second photo page.