Talk:Allied leaders of World War II

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Some questions.

Shouldn't we find a better way to give highest rank of military leaders. In some cases highest rank is now given side by side with some command at an earlier time.

Also isn't this article a duplicate of an already existing article. I can't seem to find it right now but I recall a similar article somewhere.--Caranorn 23:17, 14 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok the article I thought this might be duplicating is Commanders of World War II. But that one treats commanders from both sides. Though maybe some kind of merger should be considered (including Axis Leaders of World War II). Maybe copy Commanders of WW II's history into both new articles and then split the content. It definitely looks like duplication right now.--Caranorn 23:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I was never familiar with that article. Before I wrote this I did a search for it and nothing came up. Unlike the Commanders of World War II I wanted this article to focus on both the military and political leaders of WWII. – RedNeck 9:27, 14 March 2007 (PT)

Merger
The result was merge. -- Oshah 15:24, 8 September 2007 (UTC) I move this article be merged with World War II Allied Leaders. Discuss. VolatileChemical 08:54, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Support. Pure duplicate, and the other article has exactly the same title as this one (save for a minor difference in phrasing). Since this article is more advanced than World War II Allied Leaders (which hasn't really passed through stub phase), I propose we merge into this article --84.65.21.206 17:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Was New Zealand so unimportant to the war as to warrant being completely removed from this article? Can we put New Zealand back? And what about Sir Claude Auchinleck? Wasn't he commander-in-chief of the Indian Army? Why is Mahatma Ghandi the only person worthy of being listed under Indian leaders? --Farkas János
 * I put in leaders of WWII from New Zealand. -RedNeckIQ55

Support. I also agree that New Zealand should be added as they were involved in the conflict, though not majorly. I believe that all leaders of all countries that fought the Axis powers, no matter how limited the role may have been. Also, Mahatma Ghandi is not the only important Indian leader, as Farkas just pointed out.
 * Merged. This discussion has gone on long enough. -- Oshah 15:24, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

New Change to British Commonwealth
After User:Grant65 brought up an issue I decided to place the leaders of British Raj, Malaya, and Palestine under the United Kingdom since they were still territory of the UK smiler to Puerto Rico being territory of the US. - Mr.NorCal55 (talk) 21:39, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


 * That is reasonable.


 * I still have my doubts about including "leaders" of colonies under direct foreign control (e.g. Malaya, Newfoundland, Palestine, Puerto Rico). Are we going to include the (literally) hundreds of colonial officials who presided over the various territories controlled by colonial powers, from Greenland to New Guinea? Grant  |  Talk  03:51, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Not all, just the ones that were involved in the war. Mr.NorCal55 (talk) 09:28, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Almost all of them were involved. Grant  |  Talk  04:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with Grant - leaders of colonies should not be included. India is a special case, because India was considered an allied power in its own right - it had been a member of the League of Nations, signed the Declaration of United Nations as a full signatory like the dominions, and so forth.  The rest should be avoided, and even India is rather tricky. john k (talk) 22:27, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Not leaders
I don't think that some of the people listed here, especially in the Peurto Rico section, are important enough to be listed as leaders. Individual ship or regiment commanders did not decide the course of the war, so should be removed from this page.--92.9.178.90 (talk) 12:49, 13 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree. Unless anyone has any objections I will remove them in a few days. --QueenCake (talk) 14:59, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Removed people from the Peurto Rico section I didnt think should be mentioned as leaders. QueenCake (talk) 17:20, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Why no George VI?
Surely George VI counts as an allied leader being Head of the British State and Leader of the Commonwealth? 2.97.172.114 (talk) 13:12, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

United Mexican States?
I'm wondering if this violates WP:ID. I've left it for now, but "Mexico" is so much more a familiar term for English readers than "United Mexican States" that I am inclined to think it should be reverted. --Yaush (talk) 14:49, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

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