Important People

Important People of World War II:

                                                                            

                     

                       Adolf Hitler

Hitler was the Chancellor of Germany and the leader of the  Nazi Party. His surprise invasion of Poland was what began World War II. Hitler believed that Aryans, blonde hair and blue eyed Germans, were the master race. He wanted to eliminate all other people such as Jews, homosexuals, the physically and mentally ill, the elderly, etc. Hitler was responsible for the Holocaust which was the mass slaughter of civilians, especially Jews.

                   

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill became the new prime minister of Great Britain after the fall of France. He was devoted to his position and made it clear that he would never allow his nation to surrender. During WWII he led Britain's fight against Nazi Germany.Churchill was known as one of the greatest orators of all time and was an extremely motivating speaker. 

                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                      

          

 

General Dwight Eisenhower 

Dwight Eisenhower was the Supreme Command of Allied forces in Europe during the second world war. He was responsible for the invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Overlord. This was the greatest military invasion in terms of military personnel in history. The invasion, known as D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944. After the war, Eisenhower was elected the 34th president of the United States.

                                                           

     

                     Harry S. Truman   

Truman became the thirty-third president of the United States after the sudden death of FDR. Only having a high school education, Truman was given the task to lead the U.S. through the end of WWII. Truman had no clue the U.S. had nuclear capable bombs until he was sworn into the presidency. Under his command, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. The first bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and the second on Nagasaki. Truman previously warned the Japanese multiple times to surrender, but receiving no reply, he decided to drop the bombs.

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