Cold War and Vietnam War Leaders

Cold War Leaders

• UK: Churchill, Thatcher
• West Germany: Kohl
• USSR: Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev
• USA: Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr.
• Ronald Reagan is often considered the president who did the most to win the Cold War.

World War II

• Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, & Japan
• The Allies: USA, USSR, & UK

World Leaders

• Germany: Hitler
• England: Churchill
• Italy: Mussolini
• Soviet Union: Stalin
• USA: FDR, Truman
• Japan: Hirohito

Vietnam War

• Intensified under the Johnson administration.
• The Soviet Union and China backed North Vietnam.
• Ho Chi Minh was the leader of North Vietnam.
• American presidents from Truman to Ford were involved.
• Lyndon Baines Johnson and Richard Nixon were the two most active.
• Over 2 million dead in Vietnam.
• Approximately 57,000 American deaths.