<Li> Muhammad Ali Jinnah, later Founder of Pakistan, was a major political Muslim leader of the All India Muslim League . When World War II broke out he asked all Indians to join the British Army against the Nazi Germany . </Li> <Li> Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell at the start of the war was in charge of the Middle East Command . The Italian forces in North Africa greatly outnumbered the Allies . Wavell, however, was able not only to repel Italian attacks, but to defeat them and occupy their colonies . Wavell was replaced by Claude Auchinleck in 1941 and became Commander - in - Chief, India . During early 1942, he led the short - lived American - British - Dutch - Australian Command in South East Asia and the Pacific, before resuming his previous position, as head of the India Command (later South East Asia Command). In 1943 Wavell succeeded Linlithgow as Viceroy of India . </Li> <Li> Claude Auchinleck nicknamed "The Auk" was appointed Commander - in - Chief, India in January 1941 after commanding the Allied forces during the fall of Norway . He had previously in 1938, when a Major - General, chaired a committee the recommendations of which formed the basis of the 1939 Chatfield Report on the modernisation, re-equipment and expansion of the British Indian Army (which by the end of the war had grown to 2,250,000 men from 183,000 in 1939). In 1941 he replaced Archibald Wavell as Commander - in - Chief Middle East Command but returned as C - in - C India in 1943 when Wavell became Viceroy . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Michael Joseph Savage was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1935 till his death in 1940 . An opponent of fascism and the appeasement . He declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939 by declaring "Where Britain goes, we go! Where she stands, we stand". </Li> <Li> Peter Fraser was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1940 till 1949 . He came into office after the death of Michael Joseph Savage . During the war, Fraser had a concern with ensuring that New Zealand retained control over its own forces . After serious losses in the Balkans Campaign in 1941, Fraser determined to retain a say as to where to deploy New Zealand troops . </Li> <Li> Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg was commander of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force and the New Zealand 2nd Division . He led the Allied forces during the Battle of Crete . Freyberg commanded the New Zealand 2nd Division through the North African and Italian campaigns . He had an excellent reputation as a divisional - level tactician . After the war he served as the Governor - General of New Zealand . </Li> </Ul>

Who were the major leaders of world war ii