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Dictator of Spain
Franco stayed out of World War II, but did send nearly 50,000 people to fight alongside the Germans on the Soviet front.

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Emperor of Japan
Hirohito approved of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.

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Dictator of Japan
Hideki Tojo was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army who served as Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944. He vocally supported Japanese expansion and a pre-emptive attack on the US and European colonial powers.

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Chancellor of Germany
During his dictatorship, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.

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Dictator of Italy
Mussolini, fearful of being handed over, was instead rescued by Hitler's forces. Transported to German-occupied northern Italy, he was installed as Hitler's puppet leader, creating the Italian Social Republic and leading to the extermination of thousands of Italian Jews.

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Dictator of the Soviet Union
Stalin industrialized the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, forcibly collectivized its agriculture, consolidated his position by intensive police terror, helped to defeat Germany in 1941–45, and extended Soviet controls to include a belt of eastern European states.

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Charles de Gaulle led the Free French forces in resisting capitulation to Germany during World War II and became provisional president of France in the immediate aftermath of the war.

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Prime Minister of Britain. Served twice, 1940 to 1945, then again during World War I from 1951 to 1955.
Winston Churchill promised his people "blood, toil, tears, and sweat”

"We shall never surrender," he declared

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President Of The U.S. from 1933 to 1945
In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 empowering military authorities to relocate residents of "military areas" to prevent sabotage and espionage.