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?