USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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The leader of Great Britain during World War II was:

(A) Franklin Roosevelt

(B) Harry S. Truman

(C) ** Winston Churchill

(D) Benito Mussolini

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Winston Churchill was an inspirational statesman, writer, orator and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. He served as Conservative Prime Minister twice-from 1940 to 1945 (before being defeated in the 1945 general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955.

Concept note-2: -As prime minister (1940–45) during most of World War II, Winston Churchill rallied the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat to victory. He shaped Allied strategy in the war, and in the war’s later stages he alerted the West to the expansionist threat of the Soviet Union.

Concept note-3: -Churchill would lead Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany five years later but following a general election in July 1945 he was, to his immense disappointment, replaced as prime minister by Clement Attlee.

Concept note-4: -At the outbreak of war in 1914, Churchill was serving as First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1915 he helped orchestrate the disastrous Dardanelles naval campaign and was also involved in the planning of the military landings on Gallipoli, both of which saw large losses.

Concept note-5: -Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister of Great Britain in September 1939 at the start of World War II. In May 1940, after the disastrous Norwegian campaign, Chamberlain resigned and Winston Churchill became prime minister.