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U.S. history unit 2
world leaders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Winston Churchill | the Prime Minister of Great Britain, was called the Atlantic Charter. |
| Adolf Hitler | Germany's leader. Between 1933 and 1942, Hitler invaded and took over 15 countries. on April 25, 1945. The German army was crushed. Adolf Hitler escaped capture by killing himself. |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | The Allied Supreme Commander who sent the largest military force in history into France to battle Germany during the Invasion of France at Normandy. |
| General Douglas MacArthur | defeated the Japanese in the Philippine Islands in October of 1944 |
| Benito Mussolini | Was a dictator in Italy. In 1945 Benito Mussolini was captured and shot by a group of Italians. |
| Franklin Roosevelt | In 1940 Franklin Roosevelt was elected President for the third time. |
| Franklin Roosevelt | In 1944 President Roosevelt won his fourth term in office. The pressures of the war, however, caused Roosevelt to fall ill. He went on vacation to Warm Springs, Georgia, where on April 12, 1945, he died suddenly |
| Harry S Truman | had been Vice President under Roosevelt. He became president after Roosevelts death. |