There were many different influential people during the six years of this war. Benito Mussolini is an important person from this time. After stabbing his elementary school teacher at the age of 10, in 1902 he becomes an elementary school teacher. Over the next ten years he tried to evade military service. He soon became a journalist for socialist newspaper. As a socialist he opposed Italy going in war, but soon changed his mind and left the socialist party. Benito soon became an anti-socialist and thought that Italy needed a dictator. Benito became the founder of fascism and also the leader of Italy from 1922-1943. Benito was the youngest prime minister in Italian history. He had many ambitions that he couldn't complete because he was soon shot to death in 1945.
Adolf Hitler being the most well known influential person during WWII, but for the wrong reasons. Adolf Hitler was the founded and leader of something called the Nazi Party. The Nazi Party was responsible for trying to exterminated every single Jew and also to convince people that Jews were the reasons for their problems. Hitler had people believing that the Jews were responsible for huge events like losing World War I and the economic crisis, but that wasn't true at all. Along with being the leader of the Nazi Party he also was the Head of State, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and the guiding spirit of Germany from 1933 until 1945. While Hitler was in power he killed over 6 million Jews. In 1945 Hitler killed himself with his own pistol. He was afraid that if he got caught he would have to endure an excruciating death.
Adolf Hitler being the most well known influential person during WWII, but for the wrong reasons. Adolf Hitler was the founded and leader of something called the Nazi Party. The Nazi Party was responsible for trying to exterminated every single Jew and also to convince people that Jews were the reasons for their problems. Hitler had people believing that the Jews were responsible for huge events like losing World War I and the economic crisis, but that wasn't true at all. Along with being the leader of the Nazi Party he also was the Head of State, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and the guiding spirit of Germany from 1933 until 1945. While Hitler was in power he killed over 6 million Jews. In 1945 Hitler killed himself with his own pistol. He was afraid that if he got caught he would have to endure an excruciating death.