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World War II Leaders
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Franklin D.Roosevelt
• President of the United States
• Diagnosed with polio at 39
• Elected to serve four terms
• Signed the declaration of war against Japan on Dec. 8, 1941
• Signed a declaration of war against Germany on December 11, 1941
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Winston Churchill
• Prime Minister of Great Britain
• In 1940 he was appointed prime minister and resolved to lead the people toward “victory at all costs; . . . for without victory there is no survival.”
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Joseph Stalin
• Communist dictator serving as Premier of the Soviet Union
• Aligned with the Allies during World War II
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Benito Mussolini
• Worked as a journalist and political organizer
• Became the fascist dictator of Italy in 1922 and led the country during World War II
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Adolf Hitler
• Nazi dictator of Germany during World War II
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Hideki Tojo
• Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II
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Harry Truman
• U.S. Vice President to Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Becomes U.S. President on April 12, 1945 after Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage
• Made the decision to use the atomic bombs on Japan
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Albert Einstein
• Photograph taken in 1947
• Alerts Roosevelt about Germany’s quest to develop nuclear weapons
• Member of the Manhattan Project (research and development of nuclear weapons for the United States)
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Axis LeadersTojo, Mussolini and Hitler
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Allies – LeadersChurchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
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