WWII Leaders
By Matt
Neville Chamberlain
• Born: March 18, 1869,
Birmingham
• Died: November 9, 1940,
Heckfield
• Party: Conservative Party
• Children: Francis
Chamberlain, Dorothy
Chamberlain
• Education: Rugby School,
Mason Science College
• Parents: Florence Kendrick,
Joseph Chamberlain
Things you might not now about Neville
Chamberlain
• Once the war started Neville Chamberlain was
Prime Minister for just 8 months
Winston Churchill
• Born: November 30,
1874, Woodstock
• Died: January 24, 1965,
Hyde Park Gate
• Buried: St Martin's
Church, Bladon
• Education: Royal Military
Academy Sandhurst
(1894), Harrow School, St.
George's School, Ascot,
Stoke Brunswick School
Things you might not know about
Winston Churchill
• Churchill was born prematurely in a cloakroom at
Blenheim Palace, where his expectant mother was
attending a party. She was unable to reach a bedroom
in time, before labor commenced.
• He died on the exact same day as his father (only 70
years later) at the age of 90, in January 1965.
• Winston Churchill was believed to have owned an
English Bulldog. He was associated with this breed
because he was stubborn just like the bulldog.
However, he was a proud owner of two brown
miniature poodles that were both named Rufus.
Adolph Hitler
• Born: April 20, 1889,
Braunau am Inn, Austria
• Died: April 30, 1945,
Berlin, Germany
• Height: 1.73 m
• Spouse: Eva Braun
• Parents: Klara Hitler,
Alois Hitler
Things you might not know about
Hitler
• Before the outbreak of World War I, in May 1913, the
future dictator actually fled Vienna for Munich, seemingly
in attempt to avoid military service. He was arrested in
January of the following year, facing a fine and a year’s
imprisonment.
• On 2nd January 1939, Hitler was declared Time Magazine’s
‘Man of the Year 1938’. However, far from a celebration of
the man, Time noted that “Hitler became in 1938 the
greatest threatening force that the democratic, freedomloving world faces today.” The article continues: “The man
most responsible for this world tragedy is a moody,
brooding, un-prepossessing, 49-year-old Austria born
ascetic with a Charly Chaplin mustache .”
Josef Stalin
• Born: December 18, 1878,
Gori, Georgia
• Died: March 5, 1953, Kuntsevo
Dacha
• Height: 1.63 m
• Full name: Iosif Vissarionovich
Dzhugashvili
• Spouse: Ekaterina Svanidze (m.
1906–1907) Nadezhda
Alliluyeva (m. 1919–1932),
• Children: Vasily Dzhugashvili,
Svetlana Alliluyeva, Yakov
Dzhugashvili, Artem Sergeev
Things you might not know about
Josef Stalin
• Uncle Joe’s birth name was Losif Vissarionovich
Dzhugashvili (several other alternative spellings
are documented). He started using his assumed
name Stalin, roughly translating as ‘man of steel’,
in 1910. In addition to fostering his hard-lined
image, the moniker was supposedly adopted in
an effort to shield his real identity from the police
whilst involved in evasive revolutionary
activity. Some commentators suggest the son of
a modest cobbler chose the name in order to
distance himself from his Georgian roots.
Franklin D Roosevelt
• Born: January 30, 1882,
Hyde Park, New York,
United States
• Died: April 12, 1945, Warm
Springs, Georgia, United
States
• Presidential term: March 4,
1933 – April 12, 1945
• Movies: Zeitgeist: The
Movie, The President's
Mystery
• Children: James Roosevelt,
Elliott Roosevelt,
Things you might not know about
Franklin D Roosevelt
• Franklin was an only child of very wealthy
parents; he grew up on an estate in New
York’s Hudson Valley.
• And how was young Franklin related to
President Theodore Roosevelt? It’s a bit
complicated. The men were fifth cousins, so
they had the same great-great-great-greatgrandparents.
Harry Truman
• Born: May 8, 1884, Lamar,
Missouri, United States
• Died: December 26, 1972,
Kansas City, Missouri,
United States
• Full name: Harry S. Truman
• Presidential term: April 12,
1945 – January 20, 1953
• Vice president: Alben W.
Barkley
• Education: William
Chrisman High School
Fun Facts About Harry Truman
• Truman wanted to go to West Point, but poor
eyesight kept him from the academy. He enlisted
in the National Guard and was an artillery
commander during World War I.
• Two Puerto Rico nationalists tried to kill Truman
in 1950 when he was staying at Blair House while
the White House was under renovation. A White
House guard died as he killed one attacker. The
other attacker was captured. Truman heard the
gun fight from his room.
Michinomiya Hirohito
• Born: April 29, 1901, Tokyo,
Japan
• Died: January 7, 1989, Tokyo,
Japan
• Height: 1.65 m
• Spouse: Empress Kojun (m.
1924–1989)
• Children: (7) Prince Hitachi,
Shigeko Higashikuni, Atsuko
Ikeda, Takako Shimazu, Kazuko
Takatsukasa, Sachiko, Princess
Hisa
• Parents: Emperor Taishō,
Empress Teimei
Fun facts About Hirohito
• In 1921, Hirohito went on a six-month tour of
Europe, becoming the first member of the
Japanese imperial family to travel abroad.
• He became Emperor at the extremely young
age of 25 when his father died.
Charles De Gaulle
• Born: November 22 1890
• Died November 09 1970
• Education : Military
academy of Saint-Cyr
• Place of Birth: Lille,
France
• Place of Death: Colmbeyles-deux-Eglises, France
• Full name: Charles Andre
Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Fun Facts About Charles de Gaulle
• The main airport in Paris is named after him
• He has a statue in Warsaw identical to the
one near the Arc de Triomphe
• He has Houses, Statues, Avenues and even
Boulevards named after him in over 25
countries
Benito Mussolini
• Born: July 29, 1883, Predappio,
Italy
• Assassinated: April 28, 1945,
Giulino, Mezzegra, Italy
• Movies: Hundred Days
• Spouse: Rachele Mussolini (m.
1915–1945), Ida Dalser (m. 1914)
• 1.69 M
• Children: Edda Mussolini, Vittorio
Mussolini, Romano Mussolini,
Bruno Mussolini, Benito Albino
Mussolini, Anna Maria Mussolini
• Nicknames: Mussolini, ll Duce,
Iron Prefect
Fun Facts About Benito Mussoilini
• Mussolini even at the age of ten was expelled
for stabbing a classmate in the hand
• Before being a fascist he was a socialist.
Quiz Time!!!
Questions
• Which leader has things named after him in
over 25 countries?
Charles De Gaulle
• How long was Neville Chamberlain Prime
Minister after war broke out?
8 months
• Where was Churchill born?
The Cloakroom of Blenheim Palace
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