Key Figures

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt was the American president during all but last four months of World War II due to his death from cerebral hemorrhage.

  • Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party, controlling German forces throughout World War II.

  • Benito Mussolini was the prime minister of Italy. Mussolini entered the war in June of 1940 and was a close ally of Adolf Hitler.

  • Winston Churchill was the prime minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945 and then from 1951 to 1955. Churchill led Britain's battle against Nazi Germany during World War II.

  • Josef Stalin was the General Secretary of the Soviet Union's Central Committee. Under his leadership, the Soviet's played a huge role in the defeat of Hitler's Germany.

  • Harry S. Truman became president after FDR's death. While in control, the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs in Japan ending the war.

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower led U.S. troops to defeat Axis forces in North Africa in 1942. He also prepared U.S. military forces for the D-Day invasion in France.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini

Winston Churchill

Josef Stalin Harry S. Truman Dwight Eisenhower