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world war II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | President of the US when the war started |
| Adolf Hitler | Dictator of Germany/Leader of the Nazi party |
| Benito Mussolini | Dictator of Italy |
| Winston Churchill | Prime Minister (leader) of the british government |
| hideki Tojo | leader of Japan |
| Joseph Stalin | dictator of Russia (USSR)- Union of soviet socialist republic |
| Admiral Chester Nimitz | commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet |
| General Dwight D. Eisenhower | commander of all of the Allied Forces. Would later become president of the U.S. |
| General George S. Patton | Led U.S. Forces in the Battle of the Bulge and the march to germany. |
| General Douglas MacArthur | planned the strategy of island hopping. Gain control of the islands in the Pacific from Japan and use them as American military bases to defeat Japan |