1. World War II Leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry Truman
Dwight D Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito
Hideki Tojo

2. Franklin D. Roosevelt

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Born in Hyde Park, New York in 1882, an only child, to a very wealthy family
Studied at Harvard and Columbia Law School
A Polio attack in 1921 disables his legs

4. Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected Democratic Governor of New York in 1928
During 1929 the USA slips into a major economic Depression
FDR runs for the Presidency in 1932

5. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elected President in 1933 and pledged “A New Deal for the American People”
The New Deal was a risky plan to relive the tight grip of the Great Depression
“We have nothing to fear but fear itself”
1933 First Fireside Chat

6. Franklin D. Roosevelt December 7, 1941 Japan bombs Peal Harbor, Hawaii
FDR asks Congress for a declaration of War on December 8.
After being elected an historic 4th term, FDR leads USA through WWII
FDR dies April12, 1945, never experiencing V-day

7. Harry Truman

8. Harry Truman Served in WWI as a soldier, from Missouri
Became the President of the USA on April 12th, 1945 after FDR’s sudden death
Attended the last “Big Three Summit” with Churchill and Stalin in 1945

9. Harry Truman
Made the decision to use the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagisaki, Japan
Brought the Truman Doctrine to Congress “America will resist Communism”
Expanded New Deal Programs

10. General Dwight D. Eisenhower

11. General Douglas MacArthur

12. Winston Churchill

13. Winston Churchill Born Nov. 30, 1874 to a noble family
While fighting in the Boer War, Churchill was captured and escaped a Boer Prison Camp
1901- Joined the House of Commons
& was the British Prime Minister
“British Bulldog”

14. Winston Churchill
During Hitler’s London Blitz, Churchill rallied the Britons, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”
About the resilience of the British people… “For a thousand years, men will say, ‘This was their finest hour.’”
Some consider him Britain’s best war leader

15. Winston Churchill
Knighted in 1953 and also wins the Nobel Prize for The History of the Second World War
Dies in London in 1965

16. Joseph Stalin

17. Joseph Stalin 1879 Born in Georgia
1900 Joseph Dugashvili becomes “Stalin” or man of steel
Spent 7 years in prison for robberies to fund Bolshevik Party
1917 Bolsheviks take over Russian government
1924 Lenin dies and Stalin vies for power of the Communist Party, ousting Leon Trotsky

18. Joseph Stalin
In 1934, Stalin lead the Great Purge to deport and/or kill all enemies.
Overall 800,000 people were killed and 4 million were purged
1939 Stalin made a non-aggression pact with Hitler
Hitler quickly dissolves the pact, invades the USSR and Stalin joins forces with the Allies during World War II
1953 Stalin dies

19. Benito Mussolini Born the son of a socialist blacksmith
Was a brute- expelled twice from school for stabbing classmates
1919 Organized discontented Italians into the Fascist Party
Promised to end corruption and restore order

20. Benito Mussolini Wanted to restore the “Glory that was Rome”
Il Duce- “The Leader”
Fascism- an authoritarian government that is not communist, but exhibits extreme nationalism, military action, violence, and most of all blind loyalty to the state
Brutally murdered in 1945

21. Benito Mussolini

22. Adolf Hitler

23. Adolf Hitler Born in 1889 in Austria-Hungary
1919 member of Midget German Labor Party, later the Nazi Party
1923 Jailed and writes Mein Kampf, a book describing his extreme hatred for Jews and his plan for his master race

24. Adolf Hitler 1933 Named Chancellor of Germany
1935 Enacted Nuremburg Laws, set restrictions on Jews
1938 enacted Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass to intimidate Jews by ransacking Jewish shops
1939 Germany invades Poland and WWII begins
Hitler killed more than 6 million Jews in concentration camps
Hitler senses defeat and commits suicide with Eva Braun in his bunker

25. Emperor Hirohito
Reigned from

26. Hideki Tojo
Prime Minister of Japan from

27. Hideki Tojo Eventually tried and convicted of war crimes.
Hung on Dec 23, 1948

28. The End!!