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Country They Are Axis,
From
Allied,
Neutral
Things To Know About Them
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Axis
- Ran for president of Germany in 1932, lost to
Hindenburg.
- Was appointed as chancellor (2nd in command)
- July 1933 Nazi Party takes total control
- Used public speaking skills to rally people
- March 9, 1935 started implementing air force
1st violation of Treaty at Versailles
- March 1936 sent troops to demilitarized zone of the
Rhineland
- 1936 Allied with Italy (Mussolini)
- 1939 Signed Non-Aggression Pact with Soviet Union
- September 1, 1939 Invades Poland
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Axis
- Took power in 1922
- Developed Fascism: Government controls all financial
decisions of people as well as regulates people’s
social class standing
- Took power by force
- Sided with Hitler in hopes that France would
surrender quickly and Italy could claim some land
Country They Are Axis, Allied,
From
Neutral
Things To Know About Them
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Neutral, Allied
- Tried to stay out of issues with Japan, more
concerned about Communist Soviets
- Gave Japan land to try and appease them
- “Rape of Nanjing” 1937 when 100,000 Chinese
were brutally killed by the Japanese = war
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
United States
Neutral, Allied
- U.S. reluctant to get involved after WWI and
Depression
- Several acts passed in the 1930’s to prevent the
U.S. from choosing sides and getting directly
involved
- Difficult to sell to the American public
- December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing unified
the public on entering the war. “A day that will
live in infamy”
- Japanese underestimated the power of the
Americans
- United States declared war on Japan Dec 9, 1941
- In turn, Germany declares war on U.S.
Country They Are Axis, Allied,
From
Neutral
Things To Know About Them
Joseph Stalin
-
Axis, Allied
Stalin means “man of steel”
Was originally going to become a priest
Took power after Lenin died in 1924
Signed Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler to allow
Nazi Germany to weaken Western Europe and
themselves, ultimately so Stalin could break the
pact and take over all of Europe
- Used intimidation and fear to lead the people of
U.S.S.R
Winston Churchill Allied
- Leader of Great Britain
- Served as the Minister of War and Air 1919-1922
- Initially didn’t see Hitler as a threat, until the air
raids on Great Britain.
Harry Truman
United States
- President who made the decision to drop the
atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki
and Hiroshima
Allied
Country They Are Axis, Allied,
From
Neutral
Things To Know About Them
Heinrich Himmler Axis
- Leader of the SS (Security Service)
- In charge of the resettlement policy: starts with
removing the Polish and replacing them with
Germans
Reinhard
Heydrich
Axis
- Head of the SS
- In charge of implementing the “Final Solution”
extermination of the Jews
General Hideki
Tojo
Japan
Axis
- Prime Minister of Japan
- Against females in the workforce
- Military leader of the aggressive Japanese
military
European Front Ends
V-E Day May 7/8, 1945
- V-E Day May 7/8 1945
Europe Front Ends…
- Now need to decide what to do with war torn Europe
and Nazi Germany
- Yalta Conference: Stalin, FDR, Churchill
- Surrender of Nazi Germany (unconditional)
- Germany demilitarize
- Poland gets land back
- Staling aid in fight against Japan
- Potsdam Conference: Stalin, Truman, Churchill
- Outlined terms of surrender for Japan
- Truman wanted open elections for all
nations in Europe, Stalin did not
- Tensions grew between Truman and
Stalin = Cold War
War in the Pacific…
V-J Day August 14, 1945
- Escalated tension caused by:
- December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor military base bombed by Japan
- Potsdam Declaration, issued by Allied leaders on July 26, 1945,
called on Japan to surrender. Japan denied
- August 6 the American B-29 plane Enola Gay dropped an atomic
bomb on the city of Hiroshima, killing more than 70,000 people
and destroying a 5-square-mile expanse of the city.
- Three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic
bomb on Nagasaki, killing another 40,000.
Country They Are
From
Position They
Held
Things To Know About Them
John F. Kennedy
United State
President
- 1st President under the scrutiny of televised
presidency
- President during the Bay of Pigs invasion:
attempt to remove Castro which failed
- President during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviets
placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. Chose the
blockade as the first response to the missiles
- Cold War policy he held summed up by, "Let us
never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear
to negotiate“
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S.S.R.
Premier
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Robert Kennedy
United States
Attorney
General
- Right hand man to President Kennedy
- Organized most of the meetings during Cuban
Missile Crisis. Head of ORTSAC, operation to
determine what to do in Cuba…ya catch how
creative the Pentagon was with the name!! 
Led U.S.S.R. from 1958-1964
Supported building of Berlin Wall
Very colorful speaker, spoke out against the U.N.
Was loosing totalitarian rule in U.S.S.R however
it was very slow process
- Initiated Cuban Missile Crisis