World History Standard 10.8
Zarin I.
Sub-Standard 4- Identify and explain the major leaders during World War II.
Adolf Hitler
He was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945 which was during World War II. He caused the deaths of about 11 million people, including the mass murder of an estimated 6 million Jews.
Harry S. Truman
He was president of the United States at the end of WWII and dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, ending World War II.
Joseph Stalin
He was the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953 and transformed it from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower, but was very harsh. Stalin aligned with the United States and Britain in World War II (1939-1945).
Winston Churchill
He was a military leader and statesman, who was named prime minister of the United Kingdom twice, he made alliances with the United States and Soviet Union to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II.