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This slideshow is a basic overview of WWII and world leaders using material extracted from my class' 8th grade U.S. History book.
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World War IILeaders
Basic Facts...
55 million died worldwide (Both military & civilians)
$1 trillion, more than all other wars combined
61 countries involved (1.7 billion people)
War lasted from 1939-1945
U.S. Involvement from Dec. 1941 to Aug. 1945
Terms to Know...Dictator- A leader unrestricted by law
Fuhrer- German word for ‘leader’
Emperor- Male ruler of an empire (Japan)
Totalitarianism- When an individual’s needs are not as important as those of the country.
Fascism- ‘forcibly’ suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, and emphasizing aggressive nationalism and racism, militaristic gov’t.
Communism- A classless, moneyless, stateless social order in which there is common property.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Country: United States
Title: President
Political Party: Democrat
Outcome: Died before end of war, April 1945 of a stroke in Georgia
F.D.R.
Benito MussoliniCountry: Italy
Title: Prime Minister (1922-43), First Marshal of the Empire (1938-43), Duce of the Italian Social Republic (1943-45)
Political Party: Republican Fascist Party
Outcome: Executed in 1945 while trying to escape to Switzerland with his mistress. His Body was later hung upside down.
(‘Il Duce’)
Adolf HitlerCountry: Germany
Title: Chancellor (1933-45), Fuhrer (1934-45)
Political Party: National Socialist German Workers Party (nazi)
Outcome: Suicide in April 1945 with new wife Eva Braun.
Hirohito (Emperor Showa)Country: Japan
Title: Emperor (1926-89)
Government: Parliamentary, no political party
Outcome: Surrendered Aug. 1945, but remained in power until death in 1989.
hideki tojocountry: japan
title: Military Dictator of japan; prime minister of japan (1941-1944)
outcome: sentenced to death for war crimes; hung on dec. 23, 1948
Winston ChurchillCountry: Great Britain
Title: Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55)
Government: parliamentary
Outcome: Led Opposition Party after defeat in 1945, elected for second term as PM
charles de gaulle
country: france
title: general during WW II (1940-44); provisional president from 1944-46
government: republic
outcome: became president after w.w. II
Josef StalinCountry: Russia (Soviet Union)
Title/Party: General Chairman of the Communist Party (1922-1953)
Government: Communism
Outcome: Victory in WWII. Died in 1953 from stroke, possibly due to rat poison. (?)
Harry S. TrumanCountry: United States
Title: Vice President (until FDR’s death on April 12, 1945, then became President until 1953)
Government: Democracy
Outcome: Dropped atomic bomb, negotiated peace with Japan. Did not run for third term. Died in 1972 from pneumonia.
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