Key Figures of World War II

Key Figures of World War II book cover — CO NTE NTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE EARLY STAGES OF THE WAR CHAPTER TWO A HARD WON VICTORY 29 CHAPTER THREE AMERICAN LEADERS 49 CHAPTER FOUR OTHER ALLIED LEADERS 66 CHAPTER FIVE AXIS LEADERS 82 OO CONCLUSION GLOSSARY 100 FOR MORE INFORMATION 103 BIBLIOGRAPHY 107 INDEX 108

Key Figures of World War II — page 1 — INTRODUCTIO N PACEC ome 20 years after the end of World War I lin gering disputes erupted in an even larger and bloodier conflict World War II The war began in Europe in 1939 but by its end in 1945 it had involved nearly every part of the world The opposing sides were the Axis Powers consisting mainly of Germany Italy and Japan and the Allies primarily France Great Britain the United States the Soviet Union and to a lesser extent China Estimates of the number of casualties vary widely but by any measure the war s human cost was enormous35 million to 60 million deaths with mil lions more wounded or left

Key Figures of World War II — page 2 — INTRODUCTION 7 G G British Prime Minister Winston Churchill U S President Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet at the Yalta Conference in February 1945 to discuss the final stages of the war

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