Who's Who of World War 2

Question 1

Josef Stalin

Answer 1

The leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death 1953.

Question 2

Benito Mussolini

Answer 2

The leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until he was ousted in 1943.

Question 3

Adolf Hitler

Answer 3

A German Politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party and Fuhrer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. As dictator of Nazi Germany, he initiated World War 2 in Europe, and was the central leader of the Holocaust.

Question 4

Neville Chamberlain

Answer 4

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. He is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and for signing the Munich Agreement in 1938.

Question 5

Winston Churchill

Answer 5

A British Politican who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

Question 6

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 6

Served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. Is known for his New Deal policy, which sought to get the United States out of the Great Depression.

Question 7

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 7

U.S. General responsible for the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45 from the Western Front.

Question 8

General Douglas MacArthur

Answer 8

An American five-star general who is known for his role on the Pacific front during World War 2

Question 9

Emperor Hirohito

Answer 9

Served as the head of state in Japan during Japan’s militarization, and involvement in World War 2.

Question 10

Harry Truman

Answer 10

He was president during the final months of World War 2, making the decision to drop the atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Question 11

General Tojo

Answer 11

Prime Minister of Japan that was resonsible for the attack on Pearl Habor.