World War II powerful countries and their leaders.

1. Allied/Axis Powers in WWII
Brian Copenhaver

2. Click here for
World War II Allied/Axis Conclusion
and Sources
Individual countries
Click on America,
Great Britain,
Russia, Germany, Green- Allies before the attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan, or Italy to Blue- Allies after the attack on Pearl Harbor
get started Black- Axis Powers
Red- Russia started Axis and switched to Allied
Gray- Neutral or not involved countries

3. America
• America entered World
War II after the attacks
on Pearl Harbor
December 7,1941.
• America was one of the
main factors in an Allied
victory.
• The war helped America
grow as a country and
establish itself as a
dominant world power.
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4. Great Britain
• Great Britain was also a
main factor in helping
win the war in Europe.
• British troops teamed
with America soldiers in
the famous attacks on
the beaches of
Normandy, France.
• British troops also
helped in Africa fighting
of German forces.
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5. Soviet Union
• The Soviet Union, now
Russia, started as an Axis
power but later switched to
an Ally after Hitler broke a
pact and invaded the
country.
• The Soviet Union was also
considered a dominant
country after the war.
• The Soviets all but ended
the war when taking the
city of Berlin and the most
important building for the
Nazis, the Reichstag.
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6. Germany
• The Nazis of Germany were
well known in the war for
their leader Adolf Hitler and
his killing of the Jewish
people.
• The Nazis started the war by
invading Poland on
September 1, 1939 with
Slovakia, another Axis
country.
• The main reason Germany
lost the war was because of
their lack of oil and failure
to defeat the Soviets.
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7. Japan
• Along with Pearl Harbor, the
Japanese attacked Southeast
Asian and Central Pacific areas
like Thailand and Malaya.
• Japan had invaded China
before the official beginning of
World War II helping them
expand before the war.
• Japan lost the war after two
atomic bombs were dropped
on the cities of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki by the Americans
ending the war.
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8. Italy
• Italy declared war on France
and the United Kingdom after
the German invasion on
France, Belgium, the
Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
• Italian forces were driven back
from Africa with their navy
suffering significant defeats.
• Italy was the first main Axis
country defeated when Allied
forces pushed through and
Italian leader Benito Mussolini
was killed.
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9. Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Roosevelt was elected to
office four times.
• Roosevelt did not want
to enter the war saying,
“I’ve seen war, and I hate
war.”
• Roosevelt was the main
reason America was a
power in the war.
• Roosevelt died in office
April 12, 1944 shortly
before the war ended.

10. Winston Churchill
• Churchill was the leader
of British forces.
• Churchill was almost
killed by a car during the
war which may have
changed the entire
outcome.
• He was a soldier in the
first World War and
helped implement the
use of tear gas.
• Churchill died January 24,
1965.

11. Josef Stalin
• Stalin was the leader of
the Soviet Union.
• Stalin was widely known
for being the leader of
the Communist Party.
• Stalin signed a non-
aggression pact with
Hitler as an Axis power
until Hitler broke it.
• Died March 5, 1953

12. Adolf Hitler
• Hitler was the leader of Nazi
Germany.
• Hitler was a painter before
becoming the leader of the
Third Reich.
• Hitler was known for the
countless murders of Jews,
Communists, homosexuals,
the handicapped, gypsies,
among others.
• Hitler committed suicide
before he was captured by
Soviet soldiers April 30,
1945.

13. Hirohito
• Hirohito was the Emperor
of Japan.
• After the war, Hirohito
helped with the
reorganization of the
Japanese state.
• Hirohito allowed the
invasion of China before
the war began.
• He lived through the war
and died January 7, 1989.

14. Benito Mussolini
• Mussolini was the leader
of Italy.
• Mussolini was one of the
founders of the Fascist
government.
• He was imprisoned during
the war and later rescued
by German forces.
• Mussolini was executed
while trying to flee to
Switzerland and was hung
upside in Milan for all to
see his defeat.

15. America Question
Who took over after the death of Roosevelt in
office before the war was over?
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16. Great Britain Question
What sign did Winston Churchill give the crowd
in London after the Allied victory?
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17. Soviet Union Question
What was one nickname of the Soviet army?
Hint: Do you know your colors?
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18. German Question
What were the features of the “perfect person”
Hitler envisioned?
Hint: A lot of guys like this type of girl
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19. Japan Question
Why did the Japanese flag look the way it did
before it was changed after the war?
Hint: It sets in the west
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20. Italy Question
What area did Italy occupy the most of?
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Hint: It has a horn

21. Conclusion
I really liked this project. It took a while to do, but I like the end result. I’m
glad I made it based on my major because it gave me a taste of what it
would be like to use something like this in the classroom. I went with a
history theme because it is my major. I tried to implement as much history
related material as possible in the presentation, while putting some
educational things in as well. I want to be a history teacher so the
educational aspect and the history aspect went well with each other.
The three ah-ha moments I had started with the Power Point itself. I have
done many Power Points throughout my years of school, but I never had
to do a non-linear one. I know the program well, but I had to watch a
video on how to make this kind of slide show. My first ah-ha moment was
learning how to make this non-linear. My second would be all of the
pictures I found for the Power Point because I didn’t know most of the
countries presented had different flags back then. My last ah-ha moment
would be some of the general information that I found out about the
countries I presented. I feel great about everything in the Power Point and
I think it came out great.
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22. Bibliography
• http://www.google.com/
• http://www.wikipedia.org/
• http://images.google.com/images
• http://www.worldwar-2.net/
• http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/phot
os/
• http://www.world-war-2.info/
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