Significant Leaders in World War II

Axis or
Allied
Powers

Significant
Leaders

Country

Name __________________________

Actions in WWII

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Date _________________

Adolph Hitler

Effects of Actions

Leader of the ____________

Became angered by the
_________________ attack on
_____________________ (naval base
in Hawaii)
Declared war on __________

Leader of the ____________

Dictator of _______________
Led a massacre known as the
_______________________
Lead German ________to take over
Austria, Poland, and Czechoslovakia

Joined ____________ and

formed the ___________
Powers which included
Germany, _____________,
and _______________

Prime Minister of _________________

Known for his ____________ against
Nazism
Established close ties with
___________ during the war

Successfully fended off the

_______________ and kept
them from ______________
his country with the help of
the _____________ Powers

Ordered ___________bombs to be
dropped on ________________
Atomic bombs were dropped on the
cities of ____________________, Japan
on Aug. 6, 1945, and ______________,
Japan on Aug. 9, 1945
Emperor of ______________
Known for his ___________________
Led Japanese ______________ to take
over a region of ____________ called
Manchuria; then took over most of
_________________ China
Commander of the _____________
military
Successfully industrialized the
_____________________, which make
them ____________ enough to fight
back against ______________ invasion

WWII was ______________

On August 14, _________,
Japan surrendered
September 2, _________,
Japanese officials signed a
____________ or surrender.
He surrendered to the U.S.
over the ____________
Americans wanted him
_____________ for his
war crimes, but he remained
emperor until his _________

Leader of the ____________

Dictator of _______________
Took control of ___________ and
___________________

Benito Mussolini

Winston Churchill

Harry Truman

Emperor Hirohito

Joseph Stalin

Killed more than _________

million __________
Britain and ______________
declared war on Germany
This began _____________

The _____________
became involved in WWII.
Millions of ____________
and women volunteered for
the _____________; others
were __________________

He is credited for _________

Communism in his country.