WW2 KEY PEOPLE

HEINRICH HIMMLER

Nazi Germany
Head of the SS and Gestapo
Organized and oversaw the Holocaust and concentration camps

ADOLF HITLER

Nazi Germany
Dictator of Germany
Ordered the invasion of Poland, starting WWII in Europe

HERMANN GORIG

Nazi Germany
Commander of the Luftwaffe (German air force)
Directed the Battle of Britain air Campagne

JOSEF MENGELE

Nazi Germany
SS Doctor at Auschwitz
Conducted inhumane medical experiments on prisoners

JAMES DOOLITTLE

United States
Led the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo
Commanded U.S. air forces in Europe

HIDEKI TOJO

Japan
Prime Minister during most of WWII
Authorized the attack on Pearl Harbor

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

United states
Commander of Allied Forces in the Pacific
Oversaw the liberation of the Philippines

ERWIN ROMMEL

Nazi Germany
German field Marshal (“Desert Fox”
Lex Axis forces in North America

GEORGE PATTON

United States
Commanded U.S. Third Army
Led rapid advances across France and Germany

WINSTON CHURCHILL

United Kingdom
Prime Minister during most of WWII

Led Britain during the Battle of Britain

DWIGHT EISENHOWER

United States
Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
Planned and led the D-Day invasion

BENITO MUSSOLINI

Italy
Fascist dictator of Italy
Allied Italy with Nazi Germany

JOSEPH GOEBBELS

Nazi Germany
Minister of Propaganda
Controlled Nazi media and Propaganda efforts

JOSEPH STALIN

Soviet Union (USSR)
Leader of the USSR
Directed Soviet war effort against Nazi Germany

HIROHITO

Japan
Emperor of Japan during WWII
Announced Japan’s surrender in 1945

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

United States
U.S. President during most of WWII
Led U.S. mobilization and allied strategy

BERNARD MONTGOMERY

United Kingdom
British field Marshal
Led Allied victory at el Alamein

HARRY TRUMAN

United States
Became President in April 1945
Authorized use of atomic bombs on Japan

WILLIAM HALSEY

United States
U.S. Navy Admiral in the Pacific
Commanded major naval battles against Japan

GEORGE MARSHALL

United States
U.S. Army Chief of Staff
Organized and expanded the U.S. Army during WWII