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OTHER ALLIED LEADERS AND GENERALS IN THE WAR:
BRITAIN UNITED STATES:
• Bernard Montgomery - • Harry S. Truman - Truman became president after Roosevelt died. He had to
General of the British Army, make the call to use the atomic bomb against Japan.
"Monty" also led the ground Neville Chamberlain • George Marshall - General of the US Army during World War II, Marshall earned
the Nobel Peace Prize for the Marshall Plan after the war.
troops during the invasion of • Dwight D Eisenhower - Nicknamed "Ike", Eisenhower led the US Army in Europe.
Normandy. He planned and led the Invasion of the Normandy.
• Neville Chamberlain - Was the • Douglas MacArthur - MacArthur was General of the Army in the Pacific fighting
the Japanese.
Prime Minister prior to • George S. Patton, Jr. - Patton was an important general in North Africa and Europe.
Winston Churchill. He wanted
peace with Germany. Bernard Montgomery
CHINA:
Douglas
Dwight D
• Chiang Kai-shek - Leader of the Harry S. George Eisenhower MacArthur George S.
Republic of China, he allied with Truman Marshall Patton
the Chinese Communist Party to
fight the Japanese. After the war he RUSSIA:
fled from the communists to • Georgy Zhukov - Zhukov was leader
Taiwan. of the Russian Red Army. He led the
• Mao Zedong - Leader of the army that pushed the Germans back
Communist Party of China, he to Berlin.
allied with Kai-shek in order to • Vasily Chuikov - Chuikov was the
general who led the Russian Army in
Dua e Sehar fight the Japanese. He gained defending Stalingrad against the fierce Georgy Vasily
Mao Zedong control of mainland China after the German attack Zhukov Chuikov
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