World War II Leaders Packet

Section 1) Joseph Stalin

Name:

Government style (circle): Communism Democratic-Republic Fascism Militarism Country: Main political beliefs (view on human rights, who is in power, main policies, role of the people etc.)

Allies: Enemies: Additional Personal Info:

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government style (circle): Communism Democratic-Republic Fascism Militarism Country: Main political beliefs (view on human rights, who is in power, main policies, role of the people etc.)

Allies: Enemies: Additional Personal Info:

Winston Churchill
Government style (circle): Communism Democratic-Republic Fascism Militarism Country: Main political beliefs (view on human rights, who is in power, main policies, role of the people etc.)

Allies: Enemies: Additional Personal Info:

Benito Mussolini
Government style (circle): Communism Democratic-Republic Fascism Militarism Country: Main political beliefs (view on human rights, who is in power, main policies, role of the people etc.)

Allies: Enemies: Additional Personal Info:

Section 2) Adolf Hitler

Government style (circle): Communism Democratic-Republic Fascism Militarism Country: Main political beliefs (view on human rights, who is in power, main policies, role of the people etc.)

Allies: Enemies: 1. How did Hitlers childhood, and experiences growing up, influence his leadership techniques and political beliefs?

2. Today, its difficult for people to understand why citizens voted for Adolf Hitler. What techniques did he use that appealed to people? (campaigns, topics, main points, etc.)

3. Germany had been gaining prestige and success under Hitler, regaining lands lost in WWI and building up their army (against the Treaty of Versailles), but at whose cost? How were non-Nazi and Jewish citizens treated? What happened to citizens personal freedoms?

Section 3)
Times Person of the Year list: 1938Adolf Hitler 1939Joseph Stalin 1940Winston Churchill 1941Franklin D. Roosevelt 1942Joseph Stalin 1943George Marshall 1944Dwight D. Eisenhower 1945Harry S. Truman Munich Agreement1938 World War II begins1939 U.S. enters WWII1941 WWII ends1945

Does this list surprise you after reading/viewing information about the different leaders? Why or why not?

How do the historical events and their dates (listed above) relate to who was chosen as Times Person of the Year?

How did leaders like Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin get people to follow them when they committed such terrible actions?

How do the personal stories of these leaders connect to the types of leaders they became? (Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, FDR specificallybe sure to touch on two of them)