WWII World Leaders Flashcards
Benito Mussolini
Fascist, Italy, Hitler’s BFF, executed by his own people
Adolf Hitler
1933-1945, dictator of Germany, Nazi Party
Neville Chamberlain
Prime Minister of UK, May 1937-May 1940, appeasement towards Natzis
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of UK, 1940-1945, “V for Victory” peace sign, Roosevelt’s BFF
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of US, declared war on Japan and joined Allies after bombing of Pearl Harbor (isolationism at first)
Harry Truman
President of US, decides to test atomic bomb on Japan and ends the war
Emperor Hirohito
Emperor of Japan, surrendered
“I can’t bare to see my innocent people suffer any longer.”
Hideki Tojo
Prime Minister of Japan, ordered the bombing of Pearl Harbor,
1941-1944
Francisco Franco
Dictator of Spain, Hitler helped him rise to power, “neutral” during war (lol sure)
Mao Zedong
Communist, China, would have supported Allies
Mohandas Gandhi
Non-violent, gained India independence from Britain, “father of India”
Charles de Gaulle
France, General during WWII, President after war
Joseph Stalin
Communist dictatorship of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republic)