Leaders During WW2 (SS5H4d)

FDR’s Vice-President; became President after Roosevelt’s death. He ordered the use of atomic weapons against Japan, leading to Japan’s surrender.

• Harry Truman

• FDR

• Mussolini

• Hitler

He had guided the U.S. through the Great Depression and created the New Deal. He hesitated to involve the U.S. in another destructive war, until the attack on Pearl Harbor. He died just a few months before the war ended.

• HarryTruman

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

dictator of Russia (Soviet Union) Russia was in alliance with Germany, but he joined the Allies after Germany invaded Russia.

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• FDR

Prime Minister of Great Britain (England); a brilliant speaker who supported the citizens of his country when England faced daily bombing attacks from the Nazis.

• Adolf Hitler

• FDR

• Winston Churchill

• Joseph Stalin

emperor of Japan; had very little power; military leaders ruled Japan by the time WWII began

• Hitler

• Hirohito

• Stalin

• Roosevelt

dictator of Italy. He used Italy’s military to re-establish Italy as a great European power.

• Hitler

• Mussolini

• FDR

• Stalin

dictator of Germany. He believed Germany should rule Europe. He gained power over most of Europe.

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Harry S. Truman