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Leaders of World War
| 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 |
| President Harry S. Truman | end of the war. Decided to use atomic bomb on Japan in hope of surrender and avoiding invasion that would cost more |
| Anne Frank | 13 year old Jewish girl from the Netherlands. Hid with her family for nearly 2 years in a hiding place over her father’s office. She kept a diary which is one of the best accounts of the life of Jews under Nazi rule. She died in a concentration camp |
| Allied Powers | |
| Axis Power | |
| Dictator | |
| Fascism | |
| Lend-Lease | |
| Rationing | |
| Victory Gardens | |
| Atomic bomb |