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Dwight Eisenhower | Supreme Commander of Allied invasion of Normandy, directed Allied invasion of Normandy, & the campaign from D-Day until Germany surrendered. 34th President of U.S. (1953-1961). |
Douglas MacArthur | Organized island-hopping offensive & Supreme Commander of Allied powers, presided over the Japanese surrender on 9-2-45. |
Adolph Hitler | Dictator of German Nazi movement. We started W.W. II on 9-1-39 for control of central Europe. |
Benito Mussolini | Prime of Italy, dictator of Fascist regime, defeated in 1942. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | 32nd President of U.S. 1933-1945 (4 terms). |
Harry S. Truman | Became 33rd President (1945-53) upon FDR's death. Authorized dropping of atomic bombs. |
Hideki Tojo | Minister of War (1940-41) and Premier of Japan. Hanged as a war criminal |
Neville Chamberlain | British statesman & Prime Minister of England (1937-41). Advocated appeasement of Italy & Germany. Resigned in 1940. |
Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of Britain (1940-45) insisted on Hitler's unconditional surrender. |
Joseph Stalin | Georgian Marxist revolutionary & Dictator of USSR (1928-53) |
Erwin Rommel | German Field Marshal, led 1940 invasion of France, & commanded Afrika Korps. |
Isoroku Yamamoto | Planned and directed attack on Pearl Harbor (12-7-41) , defeated at Battle of Midway (6-1-42), & killed when his plane was short down over Solomon Islands. |
Showa Hirohito | 24th Emperior of Japan (1926-1989). Against militarism of 1930s but remaining silent drew Japan into WW II. |