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WWII People Quiz (Key)
A. Fill in the table:
Leader
Winston
Churchill
F. D.
Roosevelt
Emperor
Hirohito
Adolf Hitler
Role
Prime
Minister of
Great Britain
President of
the United
States
Emperor of
Japan
Dictator of
Germany
Leaders in World War II
Alliance
Actions in World War II
Allies
1. Was among the first to speak out against the Nazis.
2. Rallied and mobilized Britain and the Allies in the struggle against
the Nazis
Allies
1. Ordered U.S. entry into the war.
2. Ordered the internment of 110,000 Japanese Americans
Axis
1. Served as a figurehead for various military leaders
Axis
1. Started the war by invading Poland in 1939.
2. Invaded lands in all directions in 1940–1941,
3. Led the Nazi party, which killed 11 million
1. Formed an alliance with Germany.
2. Suffered military defeats
3. Was overthrown by the Italian king in 1943.
1. Cooperated with Germany until Germany invaded the USSR in
1941, then joined the Allies
Benito
Mussolini
Dictator of
Italy
Axis
Joseph
Stalin
Dictator of
the Soviet
Union
U.S. Army
General
U.S. Army
General
Allies
Douglas
MacArthur
Dwight
Eisenhower
Allies
1. Commanded Allied forces in the Pacific.
Allies
1. Commanded and united Allied forces in Europe.
2. Led the D-Day invasion of mainland Europe.
1. Which three of the above leaders attended the famous Yalta conference of February, 1945?
After the War
Was reelected prime minister
in 1951
Died just before the war ended
in 1945
Was emperor until his death in
1989
Committed suicide in 1945
Killed by Italian insurgents in
1945
Was dictator until his death in
1953
Led U.S. troops in the Korean
War
Elected U.S. president in 1952
Churchhill, Roosevelt, Stalin
2. What did they agree to at this conference? They agreed to divide Germany in half after the war in order to weaken it.
3. Which of the above leaders gave the famous “iron curtain” speech in March, 1936? What did he mean by the “iron
curtain”?
Winston Churchhill. The “iron curtain” was an imaginary line dividing democratic nations from communist
nations in Europe.