WWII People
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charliethedog on June 13, 2011
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People of WWII For Mr. Godfrin
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adolph Hitler (german leader) | Nazi Dictator and Fuhrer of the 3rd Reich who started WWII and the holocaust |
| Herman Goering (german leader) | 2nd in command of the Nazis and economic leader during WWII |
| Erwin Rommel (german leader) | Nazi General and D- day leader in France |
| Rudolph Hess (german leader) | He was Hitler's Secretary and deputy. He flew to England in 1941 and was captured and imprisoned until 1987. |
| Winston Churchill (British Leader) | Prime Minister of England from 1940-1945 and 1951-1953. Great leader during WWI and later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt (American Leader) | 32nd President of U.S. from 1933-1945. President during WWII who died the last year of the war |
| Harry Truman (American Leader) | 33rd President of USA who was Roosevelt's vice president and took over after Roosevelt died. Authorized the atomic bomb over Japan to end the war. |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower (American Leader) | Army General who led D-Day invasion or Europe. He later became the 35th President of the USA. |
| Douglas MacArthur (American Leader) | Army General who led the troops in the Pacific against Japan |
| George S. Patton (American Leader) | WWI and WWII Army General who led in Africa, Italy and Battle of the Bulge |
| Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Japanese Leader) | Headed the navy for Japan during the Pearl Harbor attack. |
| Hideki Tojo | Japan Army head and Prime Minister from 1941-1944 |
| Joseph Stalin | Brutal communist dictator of the Soviet Union from 1926 - 1953. Led the Soviet Union through WWII |
| Benito Mussolini | Italian fascist dictator that needed Hitler to keep him in power. Mussolini was later killed by Italians |
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