War by country: America

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States and was in office during the 2nd World War. He is famous for his speech, "A day that would live in infamy", which was part of his declaration of war speech after Japan had attacked Pearl Harbour. Born on the 30th of January 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, he died on the 12th April 1945 in Georgia. Roosevelt had given clearance for the Manhattan project, the order for the development for the first nuclear weapon used in warfare: The Little Boy and the Fat Man, which were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing the war to a close. He was educated at Harvard College, Harvard University and Columbia law school. He was elected on the 4th of March 1933 and was succeeded by President Harry S Truman.

General Douglas Macarthur was a 5 star general and field-marshall who was born on the 26th of January 1880 in Arkansas. He served in the United States Military as a General and a Field Marshall and achieved the 5 stars rank of being a general. General Macarthur is famous for addressing to the people of the Philippines that he would return after the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese. He served distinctly in the Pacific Theatre of WW2 and was featured in the famous photograph with the Emperor of Japan after the surrender. He studied at the West Texas Military Academy and did on the 5th of April 1964. He was the child of a Scottish soldier and militaristics ran in his blood.

Chester W Nimitz was fleet admiral of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet between the 31st of December 1941 and was selected by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve in this position. Nimitz was born on the 24th of February 1885 in Fredericksburg, Texas and underwent education at The United States Naval Academy. He was a German Texan and was son to an American mother and German father, who had served previously in the German Merchant Navy and an American Mother. He served distinctly in the Pacific Theatre of war and was famous for the breaking of the Japanese Naval codes, which would prove its importance during the battle of Midway, on the 3rd June 1942. Nimitz died on the 20th of February 1966 due to pneumonia and stroke aged 80 in Washington DC. He played a crucial role in the Pacific Theatre and is largely commemorated in the US Navy even today.  

General Dwight David Eisenhower was born on the 18th of October 1890 in Texas, like Admiral Nimitz, he was also a German Texan. He was given responsibility of planning out the Allied invasion of North Africa during Operation Torch, in 1942. As well as this, he had also planned the invasion of Normandy, France in D-Day and the southbound invasion of Sicily and Italy. He served distinctly in the European and North African Theatre during World War 2. He was a 5 star general and after the war ended, was also the 34th president of the United States. Born to a German ancestry in Denison, Texas, his original name was David Dwight, but was reversed to Dwight David in order to prevent confusion of having 2 Davids in the family, his father. He gained interest of war through military books, which his mother had in her shelves, as a child he was keen on exploring the outdoors and had interests in hunting, fishing and cooking. When he was 2, the family moved to Kansas and Eisenhower attended Abilene high school and had also met Omar Bradley in his football sessions, he joined West Point Military Academy. He was also commemorated for being the 34th president of the US, inaugurated on the 20th of January 1953, he died on the 28th of March 1969 aged 78 in Washington DC.   

General George Smith Patton was an American General who served in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War 2 by commanding the US 7th Army and in the European Theatre in France  and Germany by commanding the US Third Army after the D-Day Allied landings in Normandy. He played a large part in the Allied invasion of Sicily as well as taking charge of the 3rd Army after the Allied occupation of France. Patton was born on the 11th of November 1885 in San Gabriel, California. Though he had difficulties with reading and writing at first, when he was young but managed to catch up and became renowned at literature. He underwent education at the Virginia Military Academy and he had also participated in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. He died aged 60 due to an accident in Allied occupied Germany while going to a pheasant shooting occasion on the 21st of December 1945 in Heidelburg. 

General Omar Bradley was an American senior officer who served in the European Theatre.

Born on the 12th of February 1893 in Clark, Missouri, he was born into poverty and led a low life. He was of British ancestry and when he was 15, his father had died, his father was someone who had given Bradley a love for shooting, books and baseball. Bradley graduated from Moberly High school in 1910, he was a keen player of baseball, basketball and an amazing track and field player. Though initially he wanted to study law at the University of Missouri, Columbia, he was encouraged by his Sunday school teacher at church to write an examination for the United States Military Academy,and so he did. Completing 2nd place in the selection examination for West Point Academy, Bradley was posted at Jefferson Barracks Military post in St. Louis, Missouri. He excelled here and during the 2nd world war was posted to Europe and played critically in the Battle of the Bulge and the Normandy Landings. Bradley died on the 8th of April 1981 and was an inspiration to many, from no one to someone.