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U.S. History Unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) | - He supported England through the lend-lease act prior to entering WWII. - After Pearl Harbor, he supervised the transition to a wartime economy. - he also was active in planning the Allied war strategy against Germany & Japan |
| General Dwight D. Eisenhower | - He lead successful invasions in North Africa & Italy -He named supreme Commander of all Allied forces in Europe. -He planned and led the Allied invasion of France (Operation/ D_Day) |
| General George S. Patton | - He lead Operation torch and the invasion of North Africa -Commanded the US Third Army after the Normandy invasion -Inspired his tired troops to victories across France and into Nazi Germany |
| General Douglas MacArthur | -Supreme Commander of US forces in the Pacific -Forced to flee the Philippines after Japan attacked -Led US forces through New Guinea and back to the Philippines -Accepted and signed Japan's official surrender in September 1945 |
| Winston Churchill | -Warning about Nazi Germany prior to WWII. -Became England's Prime Minister after Neville Chamberlain's resignation in 1940. -Refused any armistice with Nazi Germany -His speeches and broadcasts inspired the British people |
| Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery | |
| Charles de Gaulle |