Allied Leaders

Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Supported England through the Lend-Lease prior to entering WWII

• After Pearl Harbor, he supervised the transition to a wartime economy

• Active in planning the Allied war strategy against Germany & Japan

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Led successful invasions in North Africa & Italy

• Named Supreme Commander of all Allied forces in Europe 

• Planned and led the Allied invasion of France (Operation Overlord/D-Day)

General George S. Patton

• Led Operation Torch and the invasion of North Africa

• Commanded the US Third Army after the Normandy invasion

• Inspired his tired troops to victories across France and into Nazi Germany

General Douglas MacArthur

• Supreme Commander of US forces in the Pacific

• Forced to flee the Philippines after Japan attacked

• Led US forces through New Guinea and back to the Philippines

• Accepted and signed Japan’s official surrender in September 1945

Winston Churchill

• Warned about Nazi Germany prior to WWII

• Became England’s Prime Minister after Neville Chamberlain’s resignation in 1940

• Refused any armistice with Nazi Germany

• His speeches and broadcasts inspired the British people

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery

• Commanded the British Eighth Army

• Led forces through North Africa and important victory at El Alamein

• Led the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy

• Was in command of Allied ground forces for D-Day

Charles de Gaulle

• Commanded French armored division against Nazi Germany

• Refused to accept France’s surrender & led the Free French government in exile

• Commanded the French resistance from England and North Africa