WWII Leaders Study Help Click through and study the faces and facts of each leader
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Winston Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1940-1945 Led England through Battle of Britain and all of WWII Name “Man of the Century” Called Munich Conference – policy of appeasement
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Born into rich, NY family 1921 – stricken with polio Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of New York Elected President in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944 Led country through Great Depression and WWII Died in 1945
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Emperor Hirohito Emperor of Japan God to Japanese people
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Adolf Hitler Elected chancellor of Germany in 1933 Wrote book – Mein Kampf (My Struggle) Passed Nuremberg Laws to persecute Jews Nazi party persecuted all non-Aryans Committed suicide in bunker during siege of Berlin
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General Douglas MacArthur Led US forces through War in the Pacific Forced to abandon Philippines in 1942 Led occupation of Japan following end of WWII
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower Led US forces in North Africa and Europe Planned Normandy invasion – Operation Overlord Future US President
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Benito Mussolini Italian dictator Seized power in 1922 Led Italy through WWII Attacked Ethiopia Killed by Italian people in 1945
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Joseph Stalin Led Soviet Union through WWII Great Purges – killed 8-13 million people Signed Nazi-Soviet Pact Attended both Yalta and Postdam conferences
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Hideki Tojo Prime Minister of Japan Flew to US in November 1941 to attempt to convince US to stop oil embargo Ordered attack on Pearl Harbor Arrested and convicted of war crimes after WWII
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Harry Truman President of US at end of WWII following death of FDR Ordered dropping of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Attended Postdam conference
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Neville Chamberlain Prime Minister of Great Britain Attended Munich Conference Agreed to allow Hitler to take Sudetenland Said “We have come back from Munich with peace and honor. I believe it is peace in our time.”