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WWII peeps
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the leader/ dictator of Germany/ Nazi party | Adolf Hitler |
| German who worked in Switzerland and then came to US bcuz he disagreed w/ Germany; his ideas laid the groundwork for the atomic bomb; Jew | Albert Einstein |
| dictator/ leader of Italy (fascist) | Benito Mussolini |
| American general who led forces in the Pacific, esp. the Philippines | Douglas McArthur |
| American general in charge of allied forces in Europe; he predicted/ was in charge of d-day; president of the United states after war | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| emperor of Japan | Emperor Hironito |
| “Desert Fox”; leader of the german army in North Africa and Italy (did not like Hitler) | Erwin Rommel |
| a four star general; leader of forces in Europe | George S. Patton |
| “FDR” president of US during WWII, but doesn’t live to see the end of the war (wheelchair) | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| VP under FDR, becomes president when FDR dies; makes the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan | Harry S. Truman |
| German Nazi; in charge of all the concentration camps, second in charge under Hitler | Heinnich Himmler |
| Nazi; head of the Luftwaffe (German Army) | Hermann Göring |
| prime minister of Japan, 2nd leader to emperor, takes a lot of blame for Japan’s actions | Hideki Tojo |
| American scientist; head of the Manhattan project (America’s secret nuclear project to develop weapons) | J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| Nazi; head of Nazi propaganda | Joseph Goebbels |
| dictator/ leader of the Soviet Union | Joseph Stalin |
| Prime minister of England at the beginning of the war | Neville Chamberlain |
| German scientist responsible for creating roscket technology | Wemher von Braun |
| British prime minister during WWII | Winston Churchill |