Leaders in

WWII
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Who is this
WII
leader?
Winston
Churchill
 Role:
Prime Minister
of Britain.
 Role:
Prime Minister
of Britain.

Alliance:
Allies
 Actions in
WWII:
1. First to see
appeasement
as a mistake
and speak out
against Nazis.
 Actions in
WWII:
2. Rallied and
mobilized
Britain and the
Allies in the
struggle
against the
Nazis
 After the
War:
1. Famous
Iron Curtain
Speech.
 After the
War:
2. Reelected
Prime
Minister in
1951.
Who is this
WII
leader?
Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt
(FDR)
 Role:
President of
United States
 Role:
President of
United States

Alliance:
Allies
 Actions in
WWII:
1. First favored
isolationism,
then ordered
U.S. into
WWII
 Actions in
WWII:
2. Ordered
internment of
110,000
Japanese
Americans
 After the
War:
Died just
before the
war ended in
April, 1945.
Who is this
WII
leader?
Emperor
Hirohito
 Role:
Emperor of
Japan
 Role:
Emperor of
Japan

Alliance:
Axis
Actions during
WWII:
1. Served
mostly as
ceremonial
figurehead for
various
military
leaders.
Actions during
WWII:
2. Agreed to
surrender
against wishes
of his military
leaders.
After the War:
Was emperor
until his death
in 1989.
Who is this
WII
leader?
 Benito
Mussolini
 Role:
Dictator of
Italy
 Role:
Dictator of
Italy

Alliance:
Axis
Actions during
WWII
1. Formed an
alliance with
Germany
Actions during
WWII:
2. Suffered
military
defeats in
WWII.
Actions during
WWII
3. Was
overthrown
by Italian
King in 1943.
After the War:
Tried to run
away in
disguise, was
captured and
hung.
Who is this
WII
leader?
Adolf
Hitler
 Role:
Dictator of
Germany
 Role:
Dictator of
Germany

Alliance:
Axis
Actions during
WWII:
1. Started war
by invading
Poland in
1939.
 Actions during
WWII:
2. Invaded lands
in all
directions
1940-1941
Actions during
WWII:
3. Led Nazi
party, which
killed 11
million
After the War:
Committed
suicide in
Berlin bunker,
April, 1945
Who is this
WII
leader?
Josef
Stalin
 Role:
Dictator of
Soviet
Union
 Role:
Dictator of
Soviet
Union
Alliance:
Allies
(after 1941)
Actions during
WWII:
Cooperated with
Hitler until
Germany
invaded USSR
in 1941, then
joined Allies
After the war:
Was dictator
until his
death in 1953
Who is this
WII
leader?
 Douglas
MacArthur
 Role:
U.S. army
general,
Pacific
Theater
 Role:
U.S. army
general,
Pacific
Theater
Alliance:
Allies
Actions during
WWII:
1. Commanded
Allied forces
in the Pacific
Actions during
WWII:
2. Accepted
Japanese
surrender in
September,
1945
 After the
War:
1. Oversaw
U.S.
occupation
and
rebuilding
of Japan
 After the
War:
2. Led U.S.
forces in
Korea until
he was fired
by Truman.
Who is this
WII
leader?
 Dwight
D.
Eisenhower
 Role:
Supreme
Commander
of Allied
Forces
 Role:
Supreme
Commander
of all Allied
Forces
Alliance:
Allies
 Actions in
WWII:
1. Planned and
led D-day
invasion in
June, 1944.
Actions in
WWII:
2. Helped
unite all
allied
military
forces.
After the war:
Elected U.S.
president in
1952. Served
two terms.
After the war:
Warned of
buildup of
“military
industrial
complex”.
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at the
Yalta Conference, February, 1945
With victory in sight,
the Allied leaders
decided at Yalta to
divide up Germany
into 4 zones after
the war. Why? To
weaken it but
without repeating
the mistakes of the
TOV.
In a famous 1946
speech, Winston
Churchill said an
“iron curtain” had
fallen over Europe.
This referred to an
imaginary line
separating
democratic from
communist Europe.
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at the
Yalta Conference, February, 1945
 Name:
Role:
Alliance:

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Winston Churchill
Role:
Alliance:

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Winston Churchill
Role: Prime Minister of Great
Britain
Alliance:

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Winston Churchill
Role: Prime Minister of Great
Britain
Alliance: Allies

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Winston Churchill
Role: Prime Minister of Great
Britain
Alliance: Allies

Actions in WWII: Spoke out against Nazis and

appeasement / Rallied Britain against Hitler during
war.

After the War:

 Name: Winston Churchill
Role: Prime Minister of Great
Britain
Alliance: Allies

Actions in WWII: Spoke out against Nazis and

appeasement / Rallied Britain against Hitler during
war.

After the War: Reelected Prime Minister in 1951

 Name:
Role:
Alliance:

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Role:
Alliance:

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Role: U.S. President
Alliance:

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Role: U.S. President
Alliance: Allies

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Role: U.S. President
Alliance: Allies

Actions in WWII: First favored isolationism, then

ordered U.S. into WWII after Pearl Harbor

After the War:

 Name: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Role: U.S. President
Alliance: Allies

Actions in WWII: First favored isolationism, then

ordered U.S. into WWII after Pearl Harbor

After the War: Died in April, 1945 just before end

of WWII
 Name:
Role:
Alliance:

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Emperor Hirohito
Role:
Alliance:

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Emperor Hirohito
Role: Emperor of Japan
Alliance:

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Emperor Hirohito
Role: Emperor of Japan
Alliance: Axis

Actions in WWII:

After the War:

 Name: Emperor Hirohito
Role: Emperor of Japan
Alliance: Axis

Actions in WWII: Ceremonial Figurehead for

various military leaders
After the War:
 Name: Emperor Hirohito
Role: Emperor of Japan
Alliance: Axis

Actions in WWII: Ceremonial Figurehead for

various military leaders
After the War: Served as Emperor until his death
in 1989
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