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Winston Churchill
As prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill rallied the British people during WWII, and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory. -
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FDR
He was educated by private tutors and elite schools, and early on began to admire and emulate his fifth cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, elected president in 1900. -
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Benito Mussolini
Mussolini allied himself with Hitler, relying on the German dictator to prop up his leadership during World War II, but he was killed shortly after the German surrender in Italy in 1945. -
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Harry S. Truman
Sworn in as the 33rd president after Franklin Delano Roosevelt's sudden death, Harry S. Truman presided over the end of WWII and dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. -
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler rose to power in German politics as leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, also known as the Nazi Party. -
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Fascism
An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. -
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Vernon Baker
Vernon Baker was a highly decorated soldier and the only living black WWII veteran to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor. -
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Nazism
Nazis were members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party of Germany -
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Audie Murphy
The most decorated U.S. soldier of World War II, Audie Murphy returned home a hero and became an actor, starring in his own story, To Hell and Back. -
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Dictator
A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force. -
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Rape of Nanking
The actual military invasion of Nanking was preceded by a tough battle at Shanghai that began in the summer of 1937. Chinese forces there put up surprisingly stiff resistance against the Japanese Army which had expected an easy victory in China. The Japanese had even bragged they would conquer all of China in just three months. -
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U.S. declares Neutrality
The legacy of the Neutrality Acts is widely regarded as having been generally negative -
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Victory Gardens
As part of the war effort, the government rationed foods like sugar, butter, milk, cheese, eggs, coffee, meat and canned goods. -
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Lend Lease Act
By allowing the transfer of supplies without compensation to Britain, China, the Soviet Union and other countries, the act permitted the United States to support its war interests without being overextended in battle. -
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Propaganda
At first, the government was reluctant to engage in propaganda campaigns, but pressure from the media, the business sector and advertisers who wanted direction persuaded the government to take an active role. -
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War Bonds and Rationing
Known as debt securities for the purpose of financing military operations during war time, the bonds yielded a mere 2.9 percent return after a 10-year maturity. -
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Japanese-American Interment Camps
State representatives put pressure on President Roosevelt to take action against those of Japanese descent living in the US. On February 19th 1942 Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. -
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Pearl Harbor
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii -
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Office of War Information
Pearl Harbor Widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance. -
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Fire Bombing of Dresden
In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 722 heavy bombers of the British Royal Air Force and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city.[ -
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Women’s Roles in WWII
They included the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, who on March 10, 2010, were awarded the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal. Meanwhile, widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labor force.