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World War II
Important Terms and
People
Axis Powers
Primarily Germany, Japan,
and Italy during World War II;
Mussolini said the other
countries of the world would
revolve around their “axis”
Allied Powers
Those that opposed the Axis
Powers; primarily the United
Kingdom, Soviet Union,
United States, Canada,
China, and Australia
Allied Powers
Notable People
in World War II
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
President of
the United States
from 1933 until
his death in April
1945; replaced
by his VicePresident Harry
Truman
Harry Truman
Became President
of the United States
in April 1945 upon
the death of Franklin
Roosevelt; closed
out the war in
Europe, and later
Japan; made
decision to use
atomic bombs
against Japan
Winston
Churchill
Prime
Minister of the
United
Kingdom from
1940 to 1945;
he succeeded
Neville
Chamberlain
Charles De
Gaulle
French General
and leader of the
Free French Forces
during World War II;
vowed to keep
fighting after the
French surrender;
became Premiere of
France after
liberation from the
Nazis in 1944
George C.
Marshall
U.S. Army
Chief-of-Staff
during WWII;
later Secretary of
State and
Secretary of
Defense
Dwight D.
Eisenhower
Supreme
Commander of all
allied forces in
Europe during
WWII
Douglas
MacArthur
5 Star General
of the United
States Army, and
Supreme
Commander of
Allied Forces in
the Southwest
Pacific
George S.
Patton
Highly
decorated 4-star
Major-General of
the army who
served in North
Africa, Sicily,
France, and
Germany during
World War II
Omar Bradley
Five-Star general
of the US Army,
commanded all
ground forces
invading Germany
from the west;
commanded 43
divisions (1.3M
men), largest
commanded under
one field general
Mark Clark
Distinguished
3-star general
during WWII,
most known for
invasions of
North Africa and
Italy; known as
the liberator of
Italy
Chester W.
Nimitz
Was Fleet
Admiral of the
United States
Navy, Pacific
Fleet
Bernard
Montgomery
“Monty” was a
highly decorated
British Field
Marshall during
WWII; he
commanded Allied
forces in Africa, Italy,
and northwest
Europe
Georgy
Zhukov
Soviet field
commander who
was involved in
nearly every major
battle on the eastern
front against
Germany, including
the defense of
Moscow, Battle of
Stalingrad, and the
Battle for Berlin
Axis
Powers
Notable
People in
World War II
Isoroku
Yamamoto
Commanderin-chief of the
Imperial
Japanese Navy,
including the
attack on Pearl
Harbor
Pietro
Badoglio
A General in the
Italian army who was not
in favor of Italy’s alliance
with Germany;
Succeeded Mussolini
after his removal by the
Fascist Grand Council;
immediately arranged an
armistice for Italy with
the Allies
Heinrich
Himmler
Reich-Fuhrer
SS, Commander
of all SS divisions
throughout the
Reich; extreme
loyalty to Hitler,
one most directly
responsible for
the Holocaust
Hermann Goring
Head of the
Luftwaffe (air
force) and a onetime successor to
Hitler
Erwin Rommel
Known as the
“Desert Fox,”
Rommel was a
brilliant commander
who led the German
military campaign in
North Africa; was
assigned to fortify
defenses for the
Atlantic Wall; highly
respected on both
sides