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PEOPLE: FDR - President during WWII Truman - President who decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan Churchill - British Prime Minister Eisenhower - Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied troops in D-Day MacArthur - General who returns to Philippians - Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Rommel - General in charge of Afrika Korps Hitler - poorly educated Austrian; joined German workers party, became leader, changed name to Nazi; became Dictator of Germany Mussolini - in Fascist Party; declared himself Dictator of Italy Tojo - Dictator of Japan Stalin - Dictator of USSR Franco - Dictator of Spain Billy Mitchel - General that supported idea of Separate Air Arm (he wanted airplanes to be put into a different military unit under their own command instead of being just another weapon) TOPICS: Common Good - What is good for most of the people Causes of the war - Underlying: Treaty of Versailles, Economic Problems in Germany, Nationalism, Rise of Dictatorships, Need for Industrial Resources, Spanish Civil War - Immediate: Invasion of Poland 3 Major Axis Powers - Germany, Italy, Japan 4 Major Allied Powers - US, UK, France, USSR Rhineland - section of Western Germany declared a Demilitarized Zone