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The names of the men leading the Allied and Axis forces in the second world war have gone down in history - some remembered in glory, others in infamy.
Get to know more about the leaders in this focus on the figureheads of World War II.
Adolf Hitler
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The RAF flew American B-17s for the first time in combat in an air attack on the German city of Wilhelmshaven in 1941.
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