Download WWII LEADERS

WWII LEADERS
The men and their roles
Adolf Hitler
• The Fuher
• Annexed Austria
• Took over the
Rhineland,
Sudetenland, and
Czechoslovakia
• Holocaust
• Hitler/Stalin
Pact
Benito Mussolini
• “IL Duce”
• Invaded
Ethiopia, and
Albania
• Wanted a New
Roman Empire
JOSEPH STALIN
• “Man of Steel”
• Signed the
Nazi/Soviet Pact
with Hitler.
• Joined the Allies
• Killed 20 million of
his own people.
HIDEKI TOJO
• “The Razor”
• Invaded Nanking,
Beijing, Chiang Jing
Valley.
• Made the decision to
bomb Pearl Harbor.
• Army Chief of Staff
in Manchuria
• 1940 made Minister of
War
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
• “FDR”
• Signed the Atlantic
Charter
• President during the
Great Depression
• Elected to 4 terms (died
during the 4th term)
• Declared War following
the bombing of Pearl
Harbor
Harry Truman
• “Give ‘em Hell Harry”
• VP during FDR’s
fourth term
• Became President after
FDR’s death.
• Made the decision to
drop the atomic bomb
on Japan
WINSTON CHURCHILL
• “Winnie” or “The
British Bulldog”
• First to recognize the
Nazi menace
• Signed the Atlantic
Charter
• Replaced Neville
Chamberlain
• Led the British against
the Axis Powers
CHARLES DEGAULLE
• “The Great
Asparagus”
• Ran the “French”
government from
Britain
• Allowed to be seen as
the liberator of France
(really the U.S.
liberated France, but
he came back to take
over the government)