America, Great Britain and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic composed the main Allied powers while Germany, Italy and Japan composed the main powers Axis powers. The USSR had been under peace-treaties with Germany at the outbreak of the war, but Germany betrayed that treaty and attempted to invade Russia unsuccessfully. The Allies fought to preserve democracy and freedom, while the Axis powers fought to destroy freedom and everything related to that word.

Great leaders led the Allied powers. On the political front, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman served as pres

Emperor Hirohito and an ensemble of behind-the-scenes Admirals led the military strategy of Japan. Japanese fighter pilots employed a destructive war technique. Kamikaze fighter pilots crashed their aircraft into enemy battle cruisers, killing themselves and damaging the enemy. This form of attacking is much like the recent day homicide bombers in Israel.

idents for America during the war; Winston Churchill led Great Britain; and Stalin led the USSR. Roosevelt served three full terms as President but died during his fourth term in office near the ending years of the war. His four terms were the most served by any president, and it will be a feat never repeated. Harry S. Truman took Roosevelt’s place as president when he died. Truman made important decisions regarding D-Day and dropping the bombs. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England, inspired his people with great courage and a vow to never give up fighting for his land. Stalin, at first, was allied with Germany, but he later led his communist country to helping win the Eastern Front.

The Allies desperately needed to win this war. Nazi Germany and militaristic Japan were marching through the world, capturing territory, enslaving people and murdering millions. Not only did they commit war crimes, they attempted to spread their Socialist, Anti-capitalistic beliefs and anti-Semitism across t

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