1. WWII Leaders Study Help
Click through and study the faces and facts of each leader

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3. 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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5. 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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7. Emperor Hirohito
Emperor of Japan
God to Japanese people

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9. 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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11. 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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13. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Led US forces in North Africa and Europe
Planned Normandy invasion – Operation Overlord
Future US President

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15. Benito Mussolini Italian dictator Seized power in 1922
Led Italy through WWII
Attacked Ethiopia
Killed by Italian people in 1945

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17. 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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19. 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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21. 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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23. 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.”