Allied Powers Leaders and Generals

Franklin D. Roosevelt

● Supported England through the Lend-Lease Act prior to entering WWII

● After Pearl Harbor, he supervised the transition to a wartime economy

● Active in planning the Allied war strategy against Germany & Japan

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

● Led successful invasions in North Africa & Italy

● Named Supreme Commander of all Allied forces in Europe

● Planned and led the Allied invasion of France (Operation Overlord/D-Day)

General George S. Patton

● Led Operation Torch and the invasion of North Africa

● Commanded the US Third Army after the Normany invasion

● Inspired his tired troops to victories across France and into Nazi Germany

General Douglas MacArthur

● Supreme Commander of US forces in the Pacific

● Forced to flee the Philippines after Japan attacked

● Led US forces through New Guinea and back to the Philippines

● Accepted and signed Japan’s official surrender in September 1945

Winston Churchill
• Warned about Nazi Germany prior to WWII
• Became England’s Prime Minister after Neville Chamberlain’s resignation in 1940
• Refused any armistice with Nazi Germany
• His speeches and broadcasts inspired the British people
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
 • Commanded the British Eighth Army
• Led forces through North Africa and important victory at El Alamein
• Led the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy
• Was in command of Allied ground forces for D-Day
Charles de Gaulle
• Commanded French armored division against Nazi Germany
• Refused to accept France’s surrender & led the Free French government in exile
• Commanded the French resistance from England and North Africa