2. Stalin - Hitler Pact 1939 (The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact) - On August 23, 1939, representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other.
3. Allied Powers - The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945)
- STARTED WITH - start of the war (1 September 1939) consisted of France, Poland and the United Kingdom
- After 1941, the leaders of the British Commonwealth, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America known as the "Big Three", held leadership of the Allied powers
4. Winston Churchill - leader of England (United Kingdom) after Neville Chamberlain was fired because appeasement did not work.
5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt - leader of the United States before and during World War 2.
- He knew that America would have to enter World War 2 even when isolationists (people who do not want to go to war) were trying to keep America out.
6. Emperor Hirohito - was the Emperor of Japan before and during World War 2. Seen as person responsible for atrocities like the Rape of Nanking, although people debate this. He also surrendered to the United States at the end of the war.
7. Douglas MacArthur - American general that played an important role in the war of the Pacific during World War 2.
8. Dwight Eisenhower - served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front.
