people Flashcards

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Winston Churchill

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Prime minister/led UK during WWII/Soldier and writer

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Charles de Gualle

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Led France against Germany/restored democracy in France

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Dwight Eisenhower

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34th US president, commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe during ww2

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Hirohito

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was Emperor of Japan, bombing of Pearl Harbor, led Japan forces in ww2

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Adolf Hitler

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Dictator of Germany, initiated ww2 by invading Poland, central to the Holocaust

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Douglas MacArthur

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General of US army during ww2, commanded Southwest Pacific, United National forces, etc “egotistical”

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Benito Mussolini

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founder of Italian Fascism, inspiration for Hitler (Fascism in Germany)

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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“father of the atomic bomb”

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Erwil Rommel

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“Desert Fox”, served Germany

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Franklin Roosevelt

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U.S. president at the time

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Josef Stalin

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Soviet political leader, dictator

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Paul Tibbets

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US air force, dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima

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Hideki Tojo

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Former Premier of the Japanese army, was condemned to hang.

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Harry Truman

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33rd US president during ww2, ordered atomic bombs on Japan

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Isoruko Yamamoto

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Japanese Navy Admiral, “mastermind” of Pearl Harbor attack, perhaps Japan’s greatest strategist

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