who were the main leaders of WW2 besides stalin and Hitler, and what were their symbols, like the swastika!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The Japanese Emperor was symbolized by the Rising Sun emblem on the Japanese flag--a red circle on white with red rays coming from it!. Benito Mussolini's Fascist symbol was the old Roman 'fasces,' a bundle of sticks bound around an axe with the blade showing!. The Allied countries, like Japan, were usually represented by their flags, in Stalin's case the hammer and sickle on a red flag, flanked, I believe, by wheat stalks!. In Britain it was the Union Jack, although Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, was often depicted with a bulldog, a symbol of British tenacity!. The USA was known by the Stars and Stripes!. The President for the majority of World War II was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose most enduring image in my mind is with a jaunty smile and a cigarette in a holder!. I can see, even though it was only a photograph in a history book, how this could present a heartening, confident image to the home front as well as to the troops!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Party, Germany, 1933 - 1945!. Theodore Roosevelt, (Democratic Party), U!.S!.A!.1933 - 1945!. Josef Starlin, Soviet union!. Neville Chamberlain, (National), 1937 - 1940, Britain, then Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, (Coalition), Britain, 1940 - 1945!. Emperor Hirohito Japan!. Mussolini, (Fascist Dictator), of Italy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Mussolini was the Fascist Dictator of Italy who was aligned with Hitler!. Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of England and Franklin D!. Roosevelt was President of the U!.S!. Emperor Hirohito was "god" premier of Japan and Tojo was his henchman!.They flew the "Rising Sun" flag!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Mussolini was the leader of fascist Italy!. The symbol of fascism was a bundle of sticks otherwise known as a fasces from which we get the word fascism!. Churchill always had a cigar in his mouth but I don't know if you could call it his symbol!. Probably just the British flag- the Union Jack!. I think "V for victory" might have been his too!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |