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WWII, People
Term | Definition |
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Winston Churchill | Prime minister of Great Britain during WWII. |
Neville Chamberlain | Leader who made concessions to Hitler in hopes of ending German aggression and stated "I believe it is peace in our time." |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | American general who commanded the Allied troops in Europe during WWII. |
Adolf Hitler | Dictator of Germany during WWII. |
Douglas MacArthur | Commander of Allied ground forces in the Southwestern Pacific and kept his pledge to return to the Philippines. |
Benito Mussolini | Dictator or Italy during WWII. |
Robert Oppenheimer | Headed the Manhattan Project research team. |
Harry Truman | US President who decided to use nuclear weapons on Japanese cities. |
Erwin Rommel | German General who controlled North Africa for the first 3 years of the war and known as "Desert Fox." |
Franklin D Roosevelt | US President who asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. |
Hideki Tojo | Dictator of Japan during WWII. |