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| Harry S. Truman | US president during the end of WWII and Korean War. Known for ordering the 1st atomic bomb dropped and for Truman Doctrine.Pledged support to stop spread of communism |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | pres. of the UD four times.Known for leading the US during the Great Depression and WWII |
| George Marshall | general and cief of staff of the US army in WWII. Won the Nobel Prize in 1953 for Marshall Plan that planned economic recovery of Europe after WWII |
| George Patton, Jr. | general during WWII, led troop in N. Africa, the Battle of the bulge and D Day.One of the most successful American field commanders of any war, desired to attack and conquer Soviet Union to stop communism |
| Douglas MacArthur | general in WWII and Korean War. US commander in the southwest Pacific and oversaw the Japanese surrender during WWII. |
| Omar Bradley | general during WWII, led forces in N. Africa, D-Day and across Europe.Knwn for becoming the 1st US Army Chief of Staff in 1948 and advising Pres. Johnson during Vietnam War |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | pres. of US from 1952-1960 after gaining fame as commander of Allied forces in N. Africa and Europe during WWII. Known for heading the D-Day invasion and efforts against communism during Cold War. |
| Winston Churchill | British prime minister through most of WWII.Known for planning many allied campaigns with FDR, realizing the iron curtain of communism would separate the Soviet Union from the west and won the Nobel Prize for his book on WWII |
| Adolf Hitler | leader of Nazi Germany during WWII, known for aggressive plans to promote German domination in Europ and promote Aryan purity by exterminating Jews and others |
| Joseph Stalin | leader of Soviet Union from death of Lenin in 1924 to his own death in 1953.Known for brutality and ruthlessness towards his own people. |
