Key Events and Figures of WWII

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Attack on Dec. 7, 1941 by the Japanese on a naval base in Hawaii... this causes the US to enter WWII.

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Pearl Harbor attack

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Emperor of Japan during WWII (Axis)

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Hirohito

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President of the US who served for most of WWII... he died in office (Allies)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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President of the US during WWII... he is responsible for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan (Allies)

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Harry S. Truman

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Dictator of Germany during WII... he was responsible for starting WWII and the Holocaust

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Adolf Hitler

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Who was the leader of Great Britain during WII?

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Winston Churchill

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Dictator of Italy during WWII (Axis)

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Benito Mussolini

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Dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII (Allies)

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Joseph Stalin

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International peace-keeping organization that was created as a result of WWII

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United Nations

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Traveled the world to promote human rights, helped write the Declaration of Human Rights

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Eleanor Roosevelt