World War II Important People
Dana Hasan
Name___________________________________
Identify each person listed below. For each person you should list four things: 1. Their
nationality. 2. Axis or Ally. 3. Their position or job. 4. One sentence explaining why the
person is important or remembered in history.
1. Adolf Hitler:
1. Austrian
born German
2.
Axis
3.
Germany’s chancellor/head of government
4.
It is important to recognize Hitler in history because he waged
a World War using fascism and racist theories such as “Aryan
Race theory.”
2. Benito Mussolini:
1. Italian
2.
Axis
3.
Prime minister/dictator
4.
It is important to recognize Mussolini in history because he was the
founder of the Italian fascism and his takeover of Italy, inspired by
Adolf Hitler, led Italy to join the axis powers in World War II.
3. Joseph Stalin:
1. Russian
2.
Ally
3.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union/Dictator
4.
It is important to recognize Stalin in history because he
industrialized the soviet union, consolidated power through police
terror and help defeat Germany in WWII.
4. Neville Chamberlain:
1. British
2. Ally
3. Prime Minister
4.
5. Winston Churchill:
1. British
2. Ally
3. Prime Minister
4.
6. Franklin D. Roosevelt:
1. American
2. Ally
3. President
4.
7. Charles de Gaulle:
1. French
2. Ally
3. A French General and a President of France
4.
8. Dwight D. Eisenhower:
1. American
2.
Ally
3. American military officer and statesman
4.
9. Douglas MacArthur:
1. American
2.
Ally
3. American general
4.
10. Hideki Tojo:
1. Japanese
2. Axis
3. Prime Minister
4.
11. Robert Oppenheimer:
1. American and German
2. Ally
3. director of the laboratory
4.
12. Harry S. Truman
1. American
2. Ally
3. President
4.