People Of World War 2

Question 1

General D Eisenhower

Answer 1

– he went to West Point for college

• before World War he served in panama and the Philippines
• his world war two rank was major general
• in 1952 he became president

Question 2

General Mac Arthur

Answer 2

• Full name is Douglas MacArthur
• he was stationed in the Philippines before World War II
• because of Japan in 1942 he had the famous quote I shall return
• he commanded Americas island hopping from 1943 to 1944
• another famous quote in 1944 was I have returned by the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil
• he signed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945

Question 3

Harry S Truman

Answer 3

• he was born in the state of Missouri
• he was president of the US at the end of World War II and at the beginning of the Cold War
• he entered politics by being elected senator of Missouri
• he ran for vice president in 1944
• his difficult decision in 1945 was to drop the atomic bomb

Question 4

Joseph Stalin

Answer 4

• he was a communist
• he was the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
• his biggest enemy in political terms was everyone because he was paranoid
• he was responsible for the death of 20 million people
• caused the beginning of the Cold War

Question 5

Winston Churchhill

Answer 5

• he was intelligent and rebellious in school
• his famous to post World War II quote was an iron curtain had desended across the continent
• he saw the importance of using airplanes in the Navy for combat
• during World War II he was the prime minister of Great Britain
• he had a high level of distrust for the Soviet union