The Major Players of WWII
Dec 18, 2015
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT• US President 1933 – 1945
• Lend-Lease Act
• Pearl Harbor
• US Enters the War
• Dies in office on
April 12, 1945
FDR-Video Clip (click on screen to play)
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HARRY S. TRUMAN
• VP for 82 days• US President
– 1945-1953
• Dropping of the A-Bomb• Truman Doctrine
– Policy of containment against Communism
• Marshall Plan– Help rebuild post-war
Europe
Gen. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
• Allied Commander-Europe
• In charge of planning and implementing D-Day invasion
• Supreme Command of all Allied forces until the end of the war in Europe
Gen. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
• Commander of US Forces in the Pacific
• “island hopping:” take some islands and bypass others all the way to Japan
• Accepted Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri
POST WWII:• Oversees the rebuilding of
Japan after WWII• Interim leader of Japan
1945-1948
Gen. GEORGE MARSHALL
• Chief of Staff for US Army during WWII
• MARSHALL PLAN– Plan to rebuild war- torn
Europe– $13 billion in aid to help
rebuild European economy
• WHY?– Belief that Communism was
successful in countries with economic problems.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
• Prime Minister of UK– 1940-1945
• Fight off the Germans in the Battle of Britain
• Ultimately led Britain to victory against the Axis
CHURCHILL-Video Clip (click screen to play)
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GENERAL HIDEKI TOJO• General in the Army
– Supports Japanese expansion and invades Manchuria and China in the 1930s
• Prime Minister of Japan– 1941-1944
• Military leader during WWII– Believed to have been behind
the attack on Pearl Harbor– Sentenced to death for war
crimes – executed Dec. 23, 1948
HIROHITO
• Emperor of Japan– 1926-1989
• While in Power:– Invades Manchuria (1931)– Rest of China (1937)– Pearl Harbor– A-Bombs dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki– Forced military leaders to an
unconditional surrender on Aug. 14, 1945