Allied+Leaders

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=**Allied Leaders **= ** Allied Leaders ** Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt worked together, fought together, and achieved victory together. Although these men had different ideas about the war, they were able to come together and fight Hitler. Stalin, the harsh communist leader of the USSR, had the great power of vengance to drive him to war. He was appalled by Hitler, when he decided to brake a promise they had made and invade the USSR. This event lead him to join Roosevelt and Churchill, to fight against Hitler. Churchill was all about military power and speech making. He loved to use the navy as a type of terrifying power, in order for things to turn his way. His greatest gift was public speaking. He was able to rally the British people up, and give them hope. He and President Roosevelt became great friends, and joined together to defeat the Axis leaders. President Roosevelt led the U.S, through the tough time of the depression, and was able to join the Allied Leaders in order to make his country safe once again. All three of these men were able to reach their goal, and defeat the Axis powers.

There were three great meetings that took place with these three men:


 * Tehran Conference**:( November 28 and December 1, 1943.) Held in the Soviet Embassy, they disscused a strategy of war against Nazi Germany. It made sure that Stalin would be a part of the Allied Leaders.


 * Yalta Conference**:( February 4–11, 1945.)The Allied Leaders disscused the re-establishment of post-war Europe. It was held in the Livadia Palace.


 * Potsdam Conference**: (17th of July - 2nd of August 1945.)Held at Cecilienhof, this time Truman took the place of Roosevelt; they disscused how to administer punishment ot the defeated Germany. They also discussed post war order, peace treaties, and countering the effects of the war.

**Stalin and His Impact** Stalin was one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. Starting out as a common Bolshevik, Stalin turned the Soviet Union into a **Totalitarianism** government or the idea that government should control everything. To achieve a totalitarianism government, Stalin made a new type of government called a **command economy**, this meant that the government made all the economic decisions and decided what problems would be addressed in the Soviet Union. After Lenin's death, Stalin put his friends into important positions in the Social Democratic Labor Party. This decision eventually allowed him to rule as a dictator of the Soviet Union. He was a harsh ruler and demanded complete control. The Great Purge was a time when anyone who challenge his leadership was a threat and was killed or exiled. His role in the World War II started when he signed the nonaggression pact with Hitler secretly. The nonaggression pact stated that as long as the Soviet Union would not aid the Polish armies when attacted by Germans, the eastern half of Poland would be given to the Soviet Union. With the Soviet Union's support, Hitler quickly conquered Poland with his new way of fighting called **Blitzkrieg.** Stalin's fight for the eastern part of Poland lasted longer then expected but he was able to obtain his terrortory in the end. Even though Hitler and Stalin initially were in agrrement about Poland,Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. Stalin was not prepared and ended up losing land. Stalin used the stradegy scorched-earth policy (also used on Napoleon) and the fierce winter to limit Germany's gains. This did not stop Hitler. It was not until General Zhukov interupted German troops march to Moscow, that Hitler gave up and left the Soviet Union. Stalin made drastic changes by inventing the Agriculture and Industrial revolutions. Industrial Revolution Stalin expected to turn Russia around into a highly advanced country. Athough Stalins industrial Revolution was to high to ever achieve, his improvements were remarkable in the amount of time given. It started in 1928, when the first **Five Year Plan** was set into action. This was a period of death and labor. Stalins harsh rules regulated the amount of comsumer goods and because of the new type of govermnment, officials decide most of the workers decisions. Surprisingly, Stalins second F media type="custom" key="5766103" align="left" width="74" height="85" ive Year Plan, starting in 1933, worked very well. The industry production was a 25% increase by 1938. Agricultureal Revolution The Algicultural Revolution effected more people then the Industrial Revolution ever did. A time of extreme famin and poverity. Stalin took over farms and rextablished them as USSR collective farms. Most families worked on these farms to grow food that would belong to the government. Citizens protested voilently but Stalin used scare tacket to keep them inline. His most used weapon was the secret police that would quickly take action to anyone did not obey him. The most troublesome to Stalin were the Kulaks. Stalin eliminated the wealthy peasants and all of there up resistants ideas from the social classes.By the end of the second five years plan 90% of farmers were living on the collective farms and there over 120% improvement of wheat production.

"We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced contries. we must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it or we shall be crushed." -Stalin talking about Russia's Industrial situation

**Winston Churchill ** Winston Churchill gave hope to the British people during the ugly times of WW2. His great military background gave him the knowledge and skills to become a great, powerful and fearless leader. His powerful speeches gave people inspiration to fight! While attending the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Churchill decide to join the Fourth Hussars, where he would face bloody war for the first time. He fought in the Indian North-Western frontier and in Sudan, in the Battle of Omdurman. His time in the army gave him a great opportunity in starting what would be some of his many literary arts. The Boer War became the first big reasons to his fame. Working as a correspondent for the Morning Post, he was taken prisoner by the Boers. His fame came when he somehow managed to escape the Boers. The great news of his escape circled the world, thus making him a great icon of hope. The years between the worlds first recognition of him and him becoming Prime Minister where filled with success and failure, praise and criticism. He was usually charged for using the military to maintain order in certain parts of the world that were of interest to him. He was a very straight forward man that spoke what he thought without any hesitation. On May 10th,1940 George VI appointed **Churchill as Prime Minister**. During his time in power, Churchill became close friends with the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Stalin of the USSR. These three men worked together to fight Hitler and his **Nazis**. After Pearl Harbor, Churchill worked with Roosevelt, ensuring that there would be victory over Germany and Japan. Although Churchill and Stalin's relationship was always rocky, they were able to work out there problems and figure out a unit strategy against the Axis Powers. One of the most famous meetings between these men was the meeting at **Yalta**, were they discussed the course of action for post-war. One of Churchill's greatest contributions and gifts to the British people was his ability to speak, lead, and give hope. As one of the greatest orators of all time, Churchill gave some of the greatest and most powerful speeches, giving not only the British, but the entire world that he would have victory...and he did have victory. One of his most famous speeches was his Iron Curtain speech at Fulton, Missouri. Winston Churchill died on 24th January, 1965, with a huge victory in his hands, a Noble Prize for literature, and a a life that will be legendary. Some of Churchill's literary works.: //Lord Randolph Churchill// (1906) //My Early Life: A Roving Commission// (1930) //Marlborough// (4 vol., 1933–38) //World Crisis// (4 vol., 1923–29) (Churchill’s account of World War I) //The Second World War// (6 vol., 1948–53) //A History of the English-speaking Peoples// (4 vol., 1956–58) "All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. "-Winston Churchill.

"I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."-Winston Churchill.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."-Winston Churchill.

"**Never, never, never give up**."- Winston Churchill ** Franklin D. Roosevelt ** Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States. He was first elected during the depths of the **Great Depression**. Though the Great Depression was a difficult time for the country of the United States, Roosevelt was a very successful and inspirational leader. His combination of optimism and economic activism is often credited with keeping the country's economic problems from become a political crisis. During World War 2, Roosevelt kept the U.S on a neutral course. Unfortunately, when Roosevelt was first elected into office, the country was in a great time of despair and depression. The period of the Great Depression left America in series of economic crisis's. When inaugurated, he began working on a program of reform called the **New Deal**. This program was a large amount of public works that initially provided jobs for the unemployed. Roosevelt and his advisers believed that government involvement, mostly spending, would begin the long recovery process that the United States had to endure. Roosevelt's problem solving instincts lead to his success in becoming a very popular democratic leader in a confused world filled with dictators during the time period of World War 2. One of the most significant events that Roosevelt took part in was the attack on **Pearl Harbor**. By August of 1940 the United States had cracked a code that told of Japans plans regarding Southeast Asia. To stop the Japanese, the U.S sent aid to strengthen the Chinese's resistance for when Japan decided to attack. By July of 1941, Roosevelt had decided that it would be best to cut off all oil shipments that were being imported to Japan. Despite the oil shortage, Japan continued their conquest but also added the U.S fleet in Hawaii to their list of places to destroy. The Japanese issued the massive attack that we have come to know as Pearl Harbor. Even through this disaster in United States history, Roosevelt successfully lead our country to victory during the rest of World War 2.

"It's in the American tradition, this distrust, this dislike and even hatred of Britain– the Revolution, you know, and 1812; and India and the Boer War, and all that. There are many kinds of Americans of course, but as a people, as a country, we're opposed to Imperialism—we can't stomach it." Franklin Roosevelt to Winston Churchill.

"This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that **the only thing we have to fear is fear itself** — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory." Franklin Roosevelt speaking at his presidential inauguration.

Times of Distress On December 22,1941,months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill and Roosevelt met at the White House to discuss a joint war policy. Stalin believed that a front in the east as well as the west was necessary to split Germany's strength as well as getting them to participate in major battles in two regions instead of just one. In late 1942 tha allies turned the affects of the war around and conquered in the Mediterranean as well as the eastern front. During the battle of **Stalingrad**, Stalin tried to convince Churchill and Roosevelt that it would be best to invade France. Much to Stalin's dismay, Roosevelt and Churchill decided to attack Italy first. The decision that Churchill and Roosevelt made affected Italy quite drastically. Mussolini was ejected from his power for a short period of time. However, the Germans invaded and granted Mussolini his power once again. The power play continued untill April of 1945 when the Germans retreated from Italy and Mussolini was considered a criminal once again. Before World War 2 had even ended the United States friendship with the Soviet Union had begun to spiral down. The U.S was not happy that Joesph Stalin had signed a **nonaggression pact** with Adolf Hitler in 1939. In June of 1945 the United States and the Soviet Union set their differneces aside and joined the **United Nations** along with 48 other countries. This organization was based upon the idea of protecting the members of this group against aggression. The five permanent members of this group were Britain, China, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Roosevelt died on April 12,1945. Roosecelt's successor was President Harry S. Truman. Truman, Churchill, and Stalin met in Germany during the month of July in1945. Truman pressed Stalin to permit free elections in Eastern Europe. Stalin refused. Later on in a speech in early 1946, Stalin stated that communism and capitalism could not exist in the same world. He said that war between the Untied States and the Soviet Union was certain....

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