Writers of World War II

The atlas holds 36 people and 191 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are John F. Kennedy, Charles de Gaulle and Benito Mussolini.

Notable people

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

    in 1942

    2 moments here

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…

  2. Mao Zedong

    in 1945

    2 moments here

    Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…

  3. Martin Luther King Jr.

    from 1941 to 1944

    5 moments here

    American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

  4. Nelson Mandela

    from 1939 to 1944

    5 moments here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  5. Pablo Picasso

    from 1939 to 1945

    3 moments here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  6. Pope John Paul II

    from 1942 to 1945

    4 moments here

    Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…

  7. Rabindranath Tagore

    from 1939 to 1941

    4 moments here

    Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

  8. Ronald Reagan

    from 1941 to 1945

    5 moments here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  9. Salvador Dalí

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…

  10. Sigmund Freud

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…

  11. Stephen Hawking

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…

  12. Walt Disney

    from 1939 to 1941

    6 moments here

    Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…

Moments

  1. 1940 Arrives in wartime America Salvador Dalí
  2. 1940 Brazzaville Manifesto Charles de Gaulle
  3. 1940 Arrest after Gorakhpur speeches Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. 1940 Established the Order of Liberation Charles de Gaulle
  5. 1940 Marriage to Martha Gellhorn Ernest Hemingway
  6. 1940 Marriage and teaching in Oran Albert Camus
  7. 1941 Moved into Isokon Flats Agatha Christie
  8. 1941 Worked in University College Hospital pharmacy Agatha Christie
  9. 1941 U-boat patrols from Cuba Ernest Hemingway
  10. 1941 Transfer to Petrópolis as consul Gabriela Mistral
  11. 1941 Return to England Indira Gandhi
  12. 1941 Return to India from Britain Indira Gandhi
  13. 1941 Death after ulcer surgery James Joyce
  14. 1941 Returned to teaching and settled at Hotel Mistral Jean-Paul Sartre
  15. 1941 Georgia Southwestern engineering coursework Jimmy Carter
  16. 1941 Move to Vichy Le Corbusier
  17. 1941 Lives in Alexandra Nelson Mandela
  18. 1941 Lives on Cordell Drive Ronald Reagan
  19. 1941 Visit to Buenos Aires Walt Disney
  20. 1941 Flat at Langford Court George Orwell
  21. 1941 Arrives in Johannesburg Nelson Mandela
  22. 1941 Moves to Boulevard home Martin Luther King Jr.
  23. 1941 Third Army chief of staff Dwight D. Eisenhower
  24. 1941 Return to Finca Vigía from China trip Ernest Hemingway
  25. 1941 Resistance-support journey to the French Riviera Jean-Paul Sartre
  26. 1941 Dies at Jorasanko mansion Rabindranath Tagore
  27. 1941 Arrival for South American goodwill tour Walt Disney
  28. 1941 Goodwill-tour stop in Belem Walt Disney
  29. 1941 Stay at Copacabana Palace Walt Disney
  30. 1941 Teaching at Lycée Condorcet Jean-Paul Sartre
  31. 1941 Joined Naval Intelligence in Washington John F. Kennedy
  32. 1941 War Plans Division service Dwight D. Eisenhower
  33. 1942 Residence in Hampstead Charles de Gaulle
  34. 1942 Belén school transfer Fidel Castro
  35. 1942 Flat at Mortimer Crescent George Orwell
  36. 1942 Transfer to Georgia Tech Jimmy Carter
  37. 1942 Assigned to Charleston John F. Kennedy
  38. 1942 Confined at Aga Khan Palace Mahatma Gandhi
  39. 1942 Assigned to Culver City film unit Ronald Reagan
  40. 1942 Birth in Oxford Stephen Hawking
  41. 1942 Marriage to Feroze Gandhi Indira Gandhi
  42. 1942 Stationed at Fort Mason Ronald Reagan
  43. 1942 Mission to London Dwight D. Eisenhower
  44. 1942 Commanding General of ETOUSA Dwight D. Eisenhower
  45. 1942 Trained at Northwestern John F. Kennedy
  46. 1942 Final departure from Vichy Le Corbusier
  47. 1942 Writing from Le Panelier Albert Camus
  48. 1942 Imprisonment at Ahmednagar Fort Jawaharlal Nehru
  49. 1942 Quit India resolution meeting Jawaharlal Nehru
  50. 1942 Delivers Quit India speech Mahatma Gandhi

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