Transcript World War II People

Important People of
World War II
The Teams
Allies
Axis
United States
Italy – Fascists
Soviet Union (USSR)
Germany – Nazis
Great Britain
Japan – Military
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
Side:
Job:
President of the U.S.
Known for:
Leading the US out of
the Great Depression
and through most of
World War II
Harry S. Truman
Side:
Job:
President of the U.S.
Known for:
Leading the US through
the end of the war and
ordering the use of the
Atomic Bomb.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Side:
Job:
Known for:
Supreme
Leading the Allied Forces in the DCommander of Allied
Day invasion and in the liberation of
Forces in Europe
Europe
Douglas MacArthur
Side:
Job:
Supreme Commander of
Allied Forces in the
Southwest Pacific Area
Known for:
Defending the Philippines
and leading the Island
Hopping in the Pacific
George C.
Marshall
Side:
Job:
Chief of Staff for the
U.S. Military
Known for:
Called the “organizer of
victory” by Churchill for
leading the US Military
during World War II as
FDR’s military advisor.
Winston
Churchill
Side:
Job:
Prime Minister of
Great Britain
Known for:
Led Britain through
World War II
famously saying, “I
have nothing to offer
but blood, toil, tears,
and sweat.”
Joseph Stalin
Side:
Job:
Dictator of the USSR
Known for:
The Great Purge,
Adolf Hitler
Side:
Job: Dictator of Germany
Known for:
Starting World War II and
killing six million Jews in the
Holocaust
Hideki Tojo
Side:
Job: Japanese Army Minister
and Prime Minister
Known for:
Leading the Japanese Military
during it’s Imperialistic attacks
of China and during World
War II.
Michinomiya Hirohito
Side:
Job:
Emperor of Japan
Known for:
Supreme Leader of Japan
during World War II.
Responsible for both its
attacks and its surrender.
Erwin Rommel
Side:
Job:
Nazi General
Known for:
Almost beating the British in Egypt,
being in charge of the German defenses
during Normandy, and for being part of
the plot that tried to kill Hitler.
Benito Mussolini
Job: Dictator of Italy
Side:
Known for: Creating the Italian Fascist party, invading Ethiopia,
and bringing Italy into World War II
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