WWII Leaders by Kelson Sowden https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b en-us 2023-04-17 13:53:49 UTC 2023-04-17 14:28:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Franklin D. Roosevelt kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557021429 United States

President of the US

President from 1932-1945]]> 2023-04-17 13:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557021429 Winston Churchill kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557023036 Great Britain

British Prime Minister

Winston Churchill promised his people "blood, toil, tears, and sweat” 
"We shall never surrender," he declared

]]> 2023-04-17 13:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557023036 Charles de Gaulle kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557027623 France

Leader of French Resistance

Became French President in 1959-1969]]> 2023-04-17 14:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557027623 General Dwight D. Eisenhower kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557030792 United States

General for the US

European Allied Commander during WWII

He served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961
]]> 2023-04-17 14:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557030792 General Douglas MacArthur kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557039867 United States

General for the US Army

Pacific Allied General

Also led the US in the Korean War

]]> 2023-04-17 14:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557039867 Harry S. Truman kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557042395 United States

U.S. President 1945-1953

Became President after FDR died 



]]> 2023-04-17 14:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557042395 General George C. Marshall kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557044665 United States

US Army Chief of Staff

Later served as U.S. Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense and is remembered for his Marshall Plan. 

]]> 2023-04-17 14:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557044665 Joseph Stalin kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557052302 Soviet Union

Leader of the Soviet Union 

He was a dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924-1953

]]> 2023-04-17 14:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557052302 Benito Mussolini kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557055502 Italy

Leader of Italy from 1922-1943

Italian Fascist Dictator during his years of leadership

]]> 2023-04-17 14:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557055502 Adolf Hitler kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557059035 Germany

Chancellor of Germany 1933-1945

He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party

]]> 2023-04-17 14:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557059035 Hideki Tojo kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557061636 Japan

Japanese military leader

Served as prime minister of Japan and president of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II.

]]> 2023-04-17 14:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557061636 Emperor Hirohito kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557071542 Japan

Emperor of Japan 1926-1989

Hirohito presided over the invasion of China, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and eventually, the Japanese surrender to the Allies.

]]> 2023-04-17 14:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557071542 Fransisco Franco kelsons https://padlet.com/kelsons/9yxaxpqq70r4ft4b/wish/2557075708 Spain

Totalitarian Dictator

Neutral during war-but sent troops to help Germany.
 
Rose to power during the bloody Spanish Civil War when, with the help of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, his Nationalist forces took over.

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