important people

Chiang Kai-shek

tried to avoid conflict with Japan to deal with threats of communists

Chiang Kai-shek

sought to appease Japan by allowing it to govern areas of North China

Chiang Kai-shek

formed a new united front against the Japanese in December 1936

Chiang Kai-shek

ended his military efforts against the communists in December 1936

Chiang Kai-shek

moved his government upriver, first to Hankou, then to Chongqing

Chiang Kai-shek

resisted the Japanese for the entire course of the second Sinq- Japanese war

Chiang Kai-shek

experienced extreme brutality and aerial bombing

Chiang Kai-shek

forced to join a New Order by Japanese military leaders

Winston Churchill

was nicknamed the "British Bulldog"

Winston Churchill

was the British prime minister

Winston Churchill

called Italy the "soft underbelly of Europe"

Winston Churchill

was very tough and never gave up

Winston Churchill

gave inspiring and motivational speeches

Winston Churchill

was a drunk

Winston Churchill

kept the British positive during the Battle of Britain

Winston Churchill

was smart, witty, eloquent, and spoke persuasively

Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd President of the US during Great Depression and World War II

Franklin D. Roosevelt

followed a strict policy of isolationism

Franklin D. Roosevelt

passed a series of neutrality acts in 1930

Franklin D. Roosevelt

convinced that the neutrality acts actually encouraged Axis aggression

Franklin D. Roosevelt

supplied food, ships, planes, and weapons to Britain

Franklin D. Roosevelt

tried not to be involved in any European wars

Franklin D. Roosevelt

joined with European nations and nationalist China to defeat Japan

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Allied with Britain and the Soviet Union

Douglas MacArthur

was a U.S. general

Douglas MacArthur

commanded allied forces into the Philippines through New Guinea and the South Pacific Islands

Douglas MacArthur

led one of the two operations of allied forces in Asia

Douglas MacArthur

policy to capture some Japanese help islands and bypass others

Douglas MacArthur

believed Japan had to be defeated completely

Douglas MacArthur

believed U.S. had a special mission to lead and protect democracy in the Pacific

Douglas MacArthur

ended Japan's control in the Pacific

Douglas MacArthur

believed war should be fought with bold and decisive moves

Dwight Eisenhower

was a U.S. general

Dwight Eisenhower

led the allied forces on D-Day

Dwight Eisenhower

landed on the Normandy beaches in history's greatest naval invasion

Dwight Eisenhower

leaded 2 million men and 500k vehicles within 3 months

Dwight Eisenhower

pushed inland and broke through German defensive lines

Dwight Eisenhower

liberated Paris by the end of August

Dwight Eisenhower

March 1945, crossed the Rhine River and advanced into Germany

Dwight Eisenhower

April 1945 in Northern Germany, moved toward the Elbe River and linked up with the Soviets

Harry S. Truman

became president after Roosevelt died in April

Harry S. Truman

had to make decision of using atomic bombs to end the war

Harry S. Truman

convinced the U.S. would suffer casualties invading Japan

Harry S. Truman

didn't know how effective the bombs would be

Harry S. Truman

ordered to drop a bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th

Harry S. Truman

ordered to drop a bomb of Nagasaki three days later

Harry S. Truman

caused Japan to surrender on August 14th

Harry S. Truman

his decision to bomb Japan overall ended WWII

Heinrich Himmler

was the leader of the SS

Heinrich Himmler

was in charge of German resettlement plans in the east

Heinrich Himmler

had a task to move the Slavic peoples out and replace them with Germans

Heinrich Himmler

told SS officers that 30 million Slavs might die to achieve this plan

Heinrich Himmler

closely shared Hitlers against Jews

Heinrich Himmler

controlled secret police forces he set up

Heinrich Himmler

believed in terror and ideology

Heinrich Himmler

was a Nazi, and was against Jews

Reinhard Heydrich

head of the SS's security service

Reinhard Heydrich

had the task of administering the Final Solution

Reinhard Heydrich

created special strike forces called the Einsatzgruppen to carry out Nazi plans

Reinhard Heydrich

rounded up Polish Jews and put them in ghettos

Reinhard Heydrich

allowed minimal amounts of food to Jews

Reinhard Heydrich

his Einsatzgruppen killed over one million Jews

Reinhard Heydrich

decided to kill the European Jewish population in specifically built death camps

Reinhard Heydrich

worked Jews to death in concentration camps

Albert Speer

was Hitler's architect

Albert Speer

made minister for armaments and munitions in 1942

Albert Speer

tripled the production of armaments between 1942-43

Albert Speer

organized wartime industry

Albert Speer

modernized production, like assembly lines

Albert Speer

used forced labor for production

Albert Speer

focused on efficiency, no ideology

Albert Speer

warned about the destructiveness of technology and power

General Hideki Tojo

Japan prime minister 1941-44

General Hideki Tojo

opposed female employment

General Hideki Tojo

argued that the weakening of the family system would be the weakening of the nation

General Hideki Tojo

claimed people could only do duties because they had wives and mothers at home

General Hideki Tojo

led Japan to war by saying to attack Pearl Habor

General Hideki Tojo

Expanded the Japanese empire

General Hideki Tojo

believed that Japan was superior to other Asian countries

General Hideki Tojo

believed in total war, and that Japan should never surrender

General George Patton

was a brilliant tank commander

General George Patton

led the U.S. Third Army, liberating large areas of Germany

General George Patton

redirected his forces to relive American troops at Bastogne

General George Patton

advanced further into German land than any other ally

General George Patton

believed in relentless offense

General George Patton

was very religious

General George Patton

had a fiery temper and bold speech

General George Patton

made a rapid advance across the France after D-Day