•Students will be able to identify the two sides
that fought in WWII.
•Students will be able to identify the dominant
countries that fought for the Axis and Allied
Powers.
•Students will be able to list the key political
leaders of WWII.
•Terms - Understand and contrast the difference
between a democratically elected leader versus a
totalitarian dictator.
•The 2 Combatant Sides
in WWII were:
•The Allied Powers of
Great Britain, the USA,
and the Soviet Union.
Cover slide for the game, Axis
and Allies, above.
•The Axis Powers of
Germany, Italy and
Japan.
The Allied Leaders were
called the Big Three –They
were:
• Prime Minister Winston
Churchill – Great Britain.
•President Franklin D.
Roosevelt - U.S.A.
Churchill, FDR, and Stalin,
above.
•Premiere Joseph Stalin Soviet Union.
•Elected Prime Minister, he
rallied the people of Great
Britain during the War.
•Noble Prize winning writer
and public speaker.
•Worked closely with
Roosevelt to defeat the Axis
powers.
Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
above.
•Elected President 4
times, he was the most
elected president in US
history.
•President during the
Depression and WWII.
FDR makes an address to the
nation above.
•During his final term in
office, he died.
•When Pres. Roosevelt
died, VP Harry Truman
became the US President.
•Truman made the
decision to end the war
against Japan by
dropping the Atomic
bombs.
•Brutal dictator and leader who
killed 14 million Soviets in
purges.
• Distrusted the democratic
countries he was allied with.
•At the war’s end, he created
the “Iron Curtain” dividing
democratic nations from
communist nations.
Soviet Premiere, Joseph
Stalin above.
•Based on your notes and our
discussion, be ready to
answer the next two
questions.
•You MAY refer to your
notes.
Churchill
Hitler
Roosevelt
Which one of
these leaders
was a
totalitarian
dictator?
•Churchill
•Roosevelt
•Stalin
The Axis Powers consisted
of 3 countries:
•Nazi Germany
•Fascist Italy
•Imperial Japan
Benito Mussolini and Adolph Hitler
above.
Most were led by a
totalitarian dictator.
•He is primarily responsible
for starting World War II.
•Led the NSDAP, National
Socialist German Workers’
Party, or the Nazis.
•Hitler ordered the deaths of
12 million people, half of whom
were Jewish.
•Called “Il Duce”
Mussolini was the
fascist dictator of
Italy who joined
Hitler, and the Axis
powers.
•Mussolini was
deposed and executed
by his own people.
Mussolini and Hitler riding in a car
above.
•Imperial leader of Japan, he
joined the Axis Powers.
•Responsible for the deaths of
15-30 million people in China.
• He was forced to surrender
after atomic bombs were
dropped on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki.
Emperor Hirohito above.
•Based on your notes and our
discussion, be ready to
answer the next two
questions.
•You MAY refer to your
notes.
•Germany
•Italy
•France
•Great Britain
•USA
•France
1. Name the 2 combatant sides in WWII.
2. Which 3 countries were on the Allied team?
3. Which 3 countries were members of the Axis
powers?
4. Who were the Big 3?
5. Who were the Axis leaders?
6. What is the difference between a totalitarian
dictator and a democratically elected leader?