World War II Leaders by Emma Ward https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj en-us 2023-04-17 13:51:32 UTC 2025-10-10 13:29:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Franklin D. Roosevelt emmaw31 https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2557055530 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.


]]> 2023-04-17 14:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2557055530 Winston Churchill emmaw31 https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605186996 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

]]> 2023-05-25 18:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605186996 Charles De Gaulle emmaw31 https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605191957 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.]]> 2023-05-25 18:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605191957 Joseph Stalin emmaw31 https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605198648 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.]]> 2023-05-25 18:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605198648 Benito Mussolini emmaw31 https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605199836 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.]]> 2023-05-25 18:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605199836 Adolf Hitler emmaw31 https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605200568 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.]]> 2023-05-25 18:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605200568 Hideki Tojo emmaw31 https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605202076 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.]]> 2023-05-25 18:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605202076 Hirohito emmaw31 https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605203732 Emperor of Japan
Hirohito approved of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.]]> 2023-05-25 18:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605203732 Fransisco Franco emmaw31 https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605205174 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. ]]> 2023-05-25 18:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/emmaw31/fybhquzmjn6n64uj/wish/2605205174