USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which of the following people was NOT the leader of his country during World War 2?

A	Winston Churchill
B	Neville Chamberlain
C	Franklin Roosevelt
D	Josef Stalin

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Who were the leaders during World War II? The Allied powers were led by Winston Churchill (United Kingdom); Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union); Charles de Gaulle (France); and Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (United States).

Detailed explanation-2: -The only president elected to the office four times, Roosevelt led the United States through two of the greatest crises of the 20th century: the Great Depression and World War II.

Detailed explanation-3: -Neville Chamberlain was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. He is best known for his role in the Munich Agreement of 1938 which ceded parts of Czechoslovakia to Hitler and is now the most popular example of the foreign policy known as appeasement.

Detailed explanation-4: -Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter’s resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons.

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