Who are the Allied Leaders? The men who saved the world.

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Who are the Allied Leaders?The men who saved the world

President Franklin Roosevelt

O 1933-1945

O Got us out of the Great Depression

and WWII

O Longest serving President in history

President Harry Truman

O 1945-1951

O Took over when FDR died

O Dropped the bombs on Japan ending the war

Dwight EisenhowerO Supreme Allied

Commander of WWII

O Future President of the U.S. (1952-1960)

George C. MarshallO U.S. Army Chief of

Staff during WWII

O Responsible for building and supplying our army

O Eventual Sec. of State for President Truman and authored the Marshall Plan

George PattonO General of the Army

in Europe

O Commanded the 3rd Army

O Nickname: Old Blood and Guts

Douglas MacArthurO Commander of all forces in in the South Pacific

O Returned to liberate the Philippines after escaping two years prior

Chester Nimitz

Commander of allforces in the Central Pacific

Top Naval Commander for both theaters in WWII

Neville ChamberlainO British Prime

Minister until May 1940

O Appeased Hitler and signed the Munich Agreement

Winston ChurchillO British Prime Minister

through WWII

O Kept England in war through the Battle of

Britain

Charles De GaulleO French Prime Minister

through WWII

O Escaped France to lead the resistance from England

Chiang Kai-ShekO Leader of the

Chinese Nationalist party during China’s Civil War against the Communist

O Leader of Chinese forces against Japan

Josef Stalin?O Soviet Dictator

throughout WWII

O Fought the Nazis back to Berlin

O Ally?