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Born November 27, 1870 • Tampere • Finland • (Birthday in 3 days)
Died December 14, 1956 (aged 86) • Helsinki • Finland
Title / Office president (1946-1956), Finland
Role In Russo-Finnish War • World War II
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov
foreign minister of Soviet Union
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat
Galeazzo Ciano, conte di Cortellazzo
Italian diplomat
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
W.L. Mackenzie King
W.L. Mackenzie King
prime minister of Canada
Konoe Fumimaro.
Konoe Fumimaro
prime minister of Japan
George C. Marshall
George C. Marshall
United States general
Pierre Laval.
Pierre Laval
French politician and statesman
Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
prime minister of United Kingdom
Whitney, John Hay
John Hay Whitney
American sportsman and businessman
Georges Bidault
prime minister of France
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
Henry L. Stimson
Henry L. Stimson
United States statesman

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