Timeline: Leaders During WWII | Timetoast

Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Apr 30, 1945

Adolf Hitler

Chancellor of Germany, leader of the Nazi Party and Dictator of Germany. Comitted suicide on April 30, 1945.
Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Dec 31, 1945

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union.
Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Apr 25, 1945

Benito Mussolini

Prime Minister/Duce of The Italian Social Republic. Was executed on April 25, 1945 by Italian opposition.
Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Dec 1, 1945

Emperor Hirohito

Emperor of Japan. Was not executed or convicted of war crimes following the end of WWII, unlike many other leaders.
Period: Jan 1, 1939 to May 10, 1940

Neville Chamberlain

Died of cancer during the war.
Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Apr 12, 1945

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

US President, Democrat.
Period: May 10, 1940 to Jul 26, 1945

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Dec 31, 1945

Harry S. Truman

Vice President, became president of the US after Roosevelt's death on April 12, 1945.