http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders View images of Axis military leaders from World War II. en Copyright 2013, History.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-06-20T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo1 Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party (from 1920/21) and chancellor (Kanzler) and Führer of Germany (1933–45). He was chancellor from January 30, 1933, and, after President Paul von Hindenburg's death, assumed the twin titles of Führer and chancellor (August 2, 1934). http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo2 Himmler (1900-1945) was a German National Socialist (Nazi) politician, police administrator, and military commander. He was the head of the SS and the Nazi secret police. He established the Third Reich's first concentration camp at Dachau and organized the extermination camps in Nazi-occupied Poland. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo3 1937- Berlin,Germany. This picture shows Dr. Joseph Goebbels speaking at the German Socialist Convention in Berlin. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo4 Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) was given the nickname "Desert Fox" because of his success as a commander in the North African theater of World War II. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo5 Rudolph Hess (1894-1987) was a Nazi party leader known for his fierce loyalty to Hitler. He spend time with Hitler in Landsberg prison where he recorded and edited Hitler's dictation of Mein Kampf. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo6 Hermann Goering (1893-1946) was a leader in the Nazi party. Goering established the Gestapo, the secret political police of the Nazi party, but in 1934 he ceded his position as security chief to Himmler. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo7 Goering was convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg in 1946 and was sentenced to be hanged. However, he took poison instead and died the night his execution was ordered. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo8 The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials held in Nuremberg, Germany in 1945–46 where former Nazi leaders were tried as war criminals by the International Military Tribunal. The indictment filed against them contained four counts: crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, war crimes and " a common plan or conspiracy to commit" the criminal acts listed in the first three counts. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo9 A January 1975 picture of Spanish General Francisco Franco (1872-1975) who ruled Spain from the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in 1938 to his death. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo10 An October 1932 cover of the magazine Il Mattino Illustrato featuring Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) surrounded by women and children. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo11 Japan's Emperor Michinomiya Hirohito (1901-1989) was emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death. He was the longest reigning monarch in Japan's history. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo12 Hideki Tojo (1884-1948) was prime minister of Japan from 1941-1944. He was a leading advocate of Japan's Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. He was tried for war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. He was found guilty and hanged. http://www.history.com/photos/axis-military-leaders/photo12