World War II Leaders

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Franklin D.Roosevelt

• President of the United States

• Diagnosed with polio at 39

• Elected to serve four terms

• Signed the declaration of war against Japan on Dec. 8, 1941

• Signed a declaration of war against Germany on December 11, 1941

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Winston Churchill

• Prime Minister of Great Britain

• In 1940 he was appointed prime minister and resolved to lead the people toward “victory at all costs; . . . for without victory there is no survival.”

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Joseph Stalin

• Communist dictator serving as Premier of the Soviet Union

• Aligned with the Allies during World War II

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Benito Mussolini

• Worked as a journalist and political organizer

• Became the fascist dictator of Italy in 1922 and led the country during World War II

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Adolf Hitler

• Nazi dictator of Germany during World War II

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Hideki Tojo

• Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II

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Harry Truman

• U.S. Vice President to Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Becomes U.S. President on April 12, 1945 after Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage

• Made the decision to use the atomic bombs on Japan

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Albert Einstein

• Photograph taken in 1947

• Alerts Roosevelt about Germany’s quest to develop nuclear weapons

• Member of the Manhattan Project (research and development of nuclear weapons for the United States)

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Axis LeadersTojo, Mussolini and Hitler

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Allies – LeadersChurchill, Roosevelt and Stalin

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