| Term | Definition |
| Tojo Hideki | General who became prime minister of Japan |
| Adolph Hitler | Leader of Germany and Nazi Party |
| Joseph Stalin | Soviet Leader |
| Charles de Gaulle | General who led the Free French forces |
| Francisco Franco | Fascist leader of Spain |
| Winston Churchill | prime minister of United Kingdom elected during the war |
| Benito Mussolini | Italian fascist leader, "Il Duce" |
| Neville Chamberlain | prime minister of Britain who tried to appease Hitler |
| Neville Chamberlain | "Peace in our time" speech |
| Jiang Jieshi | Chinese Nationalist leader |
| Mao Zedong | Chinese Communist leader |
| Franklin Roosevelt | American president who tried to get US into the war in Europe |
| Marshall Philippe Petain | leader of Vichy France who cooperated with Germany |
| Emperor Hirohito | Japanese Emperor who was a figurehead during the war |