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Grade 5 Social Studies · World 5: Another World War · Level 48
The Leaders
Identify the seven leaders.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 48
- Seven names to know. On the Axis side, Adolf Hitler ruled Germany, and Benito Mussolini ruled Italy. Both were dictators who crushed anyone who disagreed.
- Hirohito was the emperor of Japan, the country's symbol during the war, while military leaders made many of the decisions.
- On the Allied side, Winston Churchill led Britain. Churchill's speeches gave people courage when Britain stood nearly alone.
- Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union. Stalin was a brutal ruler too, but the Allies needed the Soviets to defeat Hitler.
- Franklin Roosevelt led the United States for most of the war. When Roosevelt died in 1945, at Warm Springs, Georgia, Vice President Harry Truman became president.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS5H4.d — Identify Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, Hirohito, Truman, Mussolini, and Hitler.