Benito Muslolini - an Italian war veteran and former socialist who founded Fascism and ruled Italy as a totalitarian dictator from 1922 to 1943, using propaganda, violence, and alliances with industrialists to gain and maintain power, Adolf Hitler - an Austrian-born World War I veteran who led the Nazi Party, exploited Germany’s postwar economic and political crises, and became dictator of Germany in 1933, establishing a totalitarian fascist state based on nationalism, militarism, and extreme antisemitism, Francisco Franco - a Spanish general who led the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, established a fascist military dictatorship as Caudillo of Spain in 1939, and ruled the country until his death in 1975, Joseph Stalin - a Georgian-born Soviet leader who rose to power after Lenin’s death, transformed the Soviet Union through industrialization and collectivization, and ruled as a brutal dictator using terror, purges, and concentration camps until 1953, Neville Chamberlain - the British prime minister from 1937 to 1940, best known for his policy of appeasement toward Hitler and for signing the Munich Pact in an effort to avoid war, Winston Churchill - the British prime minister during World War II who inspired and led Britain through the fight against Nazi Germany, declaring steadfastly that the nation would never surrender and guiding the country through events such as the Battle of Britain and the Dunkirk evacuation, Franklin Roosevelt - the U.S. president during the early years of World War II who guided the nation through military preparation, implemented the Lend-Lease Act to support Allied nations, and led the United States into the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor, General Dwight Eisenhower - the American military leader who commanded Allied forces in Europe during World War II, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, General George Patton - the U.S. general whose Third Army played a key role in forcing German forces to withdraw during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, General Douglas MacArthur - the American general who commanded U.S. and Filipino forces in the Philippines during World War II, promised to return after being ordered to evacuate, and later oversaw the occupation and democratic restructuring of Japan, Harry Truman - the U.S. president who succeeded Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, made the decision to use atomic bombs on Japan, and accepted Japan’s surrender to end World War II,

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