WW2 Major Figures CHS US History

Who was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party, he initiated WW2, and was behind the Holocaust?

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Adolf Hitler

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which WWII leader was the fascist dictator of Italy, believed  in nationalism, and was an Axis ally?

• Joseph Stalin
• Benito Mussolini 
• Winston Churchill
• Adolf Hitler

Which WWII leader became President after FDR passed, wanted  to save American lives in the Pacific, and decided to drop the  atomic bombs?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Winston Churchill
• Harry S. Truman
• Joseph Stalin

Who was Rosie the  Riveter?

• The first woman to work in a factory during WWII
• a representation of American women that went to work during WWII
• A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements
• A famous pilot

Who was the leader of the Pearl Harbor attack in Japan?

• Tojo
• Hitler
• Churchill
• George Washington

Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII. 

• Douglas MacArthur 
• George Marshall
• Winston Churchill 
• Harry Truman 

Supreme Allied Commander who was in charge of the Allied invasion of Europe, Operation Overlord.

• George Marshall

• Harry Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Douglas MacArthur

This US general commanded troops in the Pacific Theater during WWII and was in control of post war Japan.

• Douglas MacArthur

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• George Marshall

• Harry Truman

chief of staff during WW2 responsible for increasing size of the US Army and helped devise Operation Overlord.

• George Marshall

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Douglas MacArthur

• Franklin Roosevelt

General in the US Army that led the invasion of Sicily and played a critical role in the defeat of a German counterattack during the Battle of the Bulge.

• General George Marshall

• General Douglas MacArthur

• General George Patton

• General Omar Bradley