How Tall Were WW2 Leaders?

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helmet or uniform you'll know what i mean so let's begin in reverse order from shortest to tallest here are the world war ii leaders by height the shortest man on our list is at number seven emperor hirohito of japan the god emperor was a mere five feet four inches or 165 centimeters tall this is perhaps a little unfair in comparison to european leaders as the world war ii era japanese tended to be several inches shorter on average hirohito was emperor right through world war ii and presided over his nation's surrender in august 1945. he was controversially kept on the throne by the americans after the war hirohito outlived all the other world war ii leaders dying in 1989 at the age of 87. at joint number six is the man responsible for upwards of 20 million deaths soviet leader joseph stalin standing at five feet six inches or 168 centimeters stalin also had a damaged left arm following a childhood accident making him by today's standards slightly disabled stalin ruled the soviet union with an iron fist from 1924 until his death officially from his cerebral hemorrhage in 1953 age 74. also at number six is benito mussolini who's also five foot six mussolini who seized power in italy in 1922 established a fascist state and fell from power in 1943 but was rescued by his friend hitler he then ruled the puppet italian social republic in northern italy until april 1945. mussolini's career ended abruptly after being captured by italian partisans as he attempted to flee italy he was put up against a wall and shot at the age of 61. at joint number five is british wartime prime minister winston churchill at five feet six and a half inches or 169 centimeters churchill who became prime minister in 1940 was voted out of office in 1945 but returned as prime minister for a second term in 1951-55 churchill a colossus as an international statesman and probably the most famous british leader in history died in 1965 at the age of 90. sharing position number five with churchill his wartime chinese nationalist leader chiang kai-shek known to the allies due to his corruption as kashmichek although one of the victors against japan chang lost the chinese civil war that followed to communist leader mao zedong and fled to taiwan where he ruled until his death in 1975 at the age of 87. at number four is adolf hitler leader of germany from 1933 and to his death in his berlin bunker in 1945 10 days after his 56th birthday hitler stood five feet eight and a half inches or 174 centimeters which was slightly above average for the era making him the tallest dictator on our list a joint number three are the two men who became allied leaders at the tail end of world war ii u.s president harry s truman and british prime minister clement atlee both men stood 5 feet 9 inches tall or 175 centimeters truman was president from 1945 to 53 he died in 1972 aged 88. prime minister atlee took over from churchill following the 1945 british general election as well as overseeing the end of world war ii in asia atlee was responsible for indian independence in 1947 and the modern welfare state and the national health service created an earl atlee died in 1967 aged 84. coming in at joint second place our president franklin delano roosevelt and prime minister neville chamberlain both men standing six foot two inches or 188 centimeters in the case of roosevelt he was america's only disabled president thus far polio having left him in a wheelchair nonetheless he was elected four times but died in office in 1945 shortly before the germans surrender at the age of 63. neville chamberlain was british prime minister from 1937 to 1940 and had tried to stop hitler's expansionist agenda in the late 1930s through diplomacy he was replaced as prime minister by winston churchill but he continued to serve in the war cabinet he died of cancer just six months after leaving downing street at the age of 71. and at number one the tallest world war ii leader brigadier general charles de gaulle leader of the free french who towered at six foot four inches or 196 centimeters tall he headed the provisional french government following the liberation of france in 1944-46 was prime minister 1958-59 and then president until 1969. he died in 1970 at the age of 79. thanks for watching please subscribe and share and also visit my audiobook channel war stories with mark felton you can also help to support both of my channels at paypal and patreon details in the description box below [Music] you

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Length: 8min 13sec (493 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 10 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/Northroad]

Some modestly tall characters in there for 75 years ago.

[u/iLucidio]

Hitler was 5‘8 3/4