CATHOLIC AXIS WORLD WAR 2 LEADER LIST PART 4

HERE IS PART 4 OF CATHOLIC WORLD WAR 2 LEADER LIST. Ananda Mahidol was King of Thailand from 1935 until his death in 1946. During the war, Mahidol stayed in neutral Switzerland. He returned to Thailand in 1945 after the war. Plaek Phibunsongkhram was Field Marshal of the Thai Army and was Prime Minister of Thailand from 1938 until 1944. The Pibulsonggram regime embarked upon a course of economic nationalism and anti-Chinese policies. In 1940, he decided to invade Indo-China in hostilities known as the French-Thai War. In 1941, he allied Thailand with Japan and allowed it to use the country for the invasions of Burma and Malaya. When Japanese defeat was imminent, he was pressured to resign in 1944. Jarun Rattanakun Seriroengrit was a general who commanded Phayap Army that occupied the Shan State of British Burma. Pridi Banomyong a former revolutionary and cabinet minister, was appointed to the regency council in 1941. By 1944, he became sole Regent and de facto Head of State, but this position was only nominal. He secretly became leader of the resistance forces or the Free Thai Movement in 1942. Khuang Aphaiwong, Prime Minister of Thailand, 1944–45. Client state and prote Zog I was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. He fled into exile following the Italian Invasion of Albania. Xhemal Aranitasi was a general and commander in chief of the Royal Albanian Army. Gustav von Myrdacz was influential in organising the Royal Albanian Army from the early 1920s to 1945. Independent State of Croatia Independent Sta Ante Pavelić, Headman (Poglavnik) of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from 1941 to 1945. Tomislav II, the Italian-born King of Croatia. Nikola Mandić, prime minister under Pavelić from 1943 to 1945. Mladen Lorković, the Foreign Minister and Minister of the Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) Slavko Kvaternik, Minister of Defense. Vladimir Laxa, Army Chief of Staff. Vladimir Kren, was the commander of the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia. Edgar Angeli, was the commander of the Navy of the Independent State of Croatia. Vjekoslav Luburić, was the commander of the Croatian Armed Forces. Jure Francetić, was the commander of the Black Legion. Marko Mesić, was the commander of the Croatian Legion. Andro Vrkljan, w Philippe Pétain was an Army Marshal and Chief of State of Vichy France from its establishment in 1940 until the invasion of Normandy in 1944. The Pétain government collaborated with the Nazis, and organized raids to capture French Jews. The Pétain government was opposed by General de Gaulle's Free French Forces, and eventually fell to them. After the war, Pétain was tried for treason and sentenced to life in prison. Pierre Laval was Pétain's head of government in 1940, and from 1942 to 1944. Under his second government, collaboration with Nazi Germany intensified. In 1945, Laval was tried for treason, sentenced to death and executed. René Bousquet was the deputy head of the Vichy police force. Joseph Darnand was the commander of the paramilitary French Militia. A pro-Nazi leader, he was a strong supporter of the Hitler and Pétain governments. He established the Milice to round-up Jews and fight the French Resistance. He was tried for treason and executed after the war. Jean Decoux was the Governor-General of French Indochina representing the Vichy government. Decoux's task in Indochina was to reverse the policy of appeasement towards the Japanese led by his predecessor General Georges René Bousquet was the deputy head of the Vichy police force. Joseph Darnand was the commander of the paramilitary French Militia. A pro-Nazi leader, he was a strong supporter of the Hitler and Pétain governments. He established the Milice to round-up Jews and fight the French Resistance. He was tried for treason and executed after the war. Jean Decoux was the Governor-General of French Indochina representing the Vichy government. Decoux's task in Indochina was to reverse the policy of appeasement towards the Japanese led by his predecessor General Georges René Bousquet was the deputy head of the Vichy police force. Joseph Darnand was the commander of the paramilitary French Militia. A pro-Nazi leader, he was a strong supporter of the Hitler and Pétain governments. He established the Milice to round-up Jews and fight the French Resistance. He was tried for treason and executed after the war. Jean Decoux was the Governor-General of French Indochina representing the Vichy government. Decoux's task in Indochina was to reverse the policy of appeasement towards the Japanese led by his predecessor General Georges Leonhard Kaupisch, Military commander of Denmark. Werner Best, served as a civilian administrator in Denmark. Erik Scavenius, Prime minister of Denmark from 1942–1943. He pursued a collaborative policy with the German occupation force until he dissolved the Danish government in 1943, and was replaced by German martial law. Frits Clausen, National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark Christian Peder Kryssing, was commander of the Free Corps Denmark. Christian Frederik von Schalburg, was commander of the Free Corps Denmark. Knud Børge Martinsen, was commander of the Schalburg Corps. Province of Ljubljan