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WW II: Behind Closed Doors

Stalin, the Nazis and the West

Biographies

For nearly six years, from 1939 to 1945, countries allied with, betrayed, and battled each other, led by a core group of leaders with vastly divergent backgrounds and world views. This section contains biographies of the primary leaders in the European theater of war and their close aides, the men who established relationships, negotiated alliances, advanced their nations’ objectives, and fought World War II behind closed doors.