Faces of World War II

I. Adolf Hitler
 The first person you think of when you hear the term "World War II" should be none other than Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a commanding dictator who brought extremist ideas upon people of the German society. He is best known for his act of genocide, or mass killing, of the Jewish community coined, "The Holocaust".
Hitler rose through the ranks of German government after the first World War left Germany torn apart and in need of direction. Hitler, took advantage of his weakened country and attempted to expand and bring Germany back. He pushed the issue too hard, and sparked a "War to end all wars".

II. Joseph Stalin
The man who brought Russians back with his merciful Industrial Revolution in Russia was also an important character during World War II as well as after it ended. Once World War II ended, the two super-powers of the world, the United States and Soviet Union, had different ideas on which way Europe should be dealt with. The United States, stead fast to its belief in expanding democracy while Russian leader Joseph Stalin demanded that Communism was the future of Europe. When leaders of the countries met at the Yalta Conference, Stalin insisted that the two beliefs could not exist in the same world and that war between the two super powers was inevitable. This was the beginnings of whats known as the "Cold War".

III. Isoroku Yamamoto

Isoruko Yamamoto was a Japanese Admiral Marshal. The reason he is an important figure in World War II is because he was the commander and chief of the Japanese Navy. He is largely at fault for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which killed more than 2,000 American troops and did billions of dollars of damage to the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. He was also the lead in command at the Battle of Midway, where the United States turned the tide of the war.

IV. Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill held many positions in British government throughout his lifetime but he is mainly known as British Prime Minister at the time of the second World War. Winston Churchill was the leader of British resistance against the German dictator Adolf Hitler. He and his people held fast against there foe in Nazi Germany. Churchill was widely known for his powerful speeches, and his ability to glue Great Britain together under the hard times in Europe.