Leaders of World War II

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In the ancient world, the only way a person could become famous through out the

world was to be some sort of king, master warlord, or a descendent of a holy entity.

Monarchies, that last lasted long enough, kept the memories of their former leaders

alive, conquered peoples never forgot the names of their conquerors, and religions have

a knack for constantly worshiping the same divine prophets. Some remain of the

ancient celebrities are still famous to this day, many of them now shrouded in the mists

of time and have become slightly warped by literature and business. For example, the

charitable St. Nicholas, warped by language translations and commercialism, is now a

large gift giving elf by the name of Santa Claus. But in this day and age, where anyone

can record anything he or she wants to, will any of the present day lords and prophets

shine as brightly through the shroud of mythology and time as the ones of old?

In 500 years - providing anyone is still alive to care - a few men and women will stand

out against the haze of time and represent the twentieth century. If there is a group,

among them will be at least man involved in World War II. Roosevelt, Churchill, Tojo and

Hitler -especially Hitler - are all candidates for the group because of their involvements

in the bloodiest wars of the twentieth century. In this world,blood is a hard thing to

forget about. Which ones, and in what light they?ll be remembered in depends entirely

on the biases of historians and the abilities of governments to cover up the

embarrassing moments blemishing the memories of their leaders. So if the United States

is still around and as powerful as now in five centuries - and hopefully it will - F.D

Roosevelt will most likely be one of the mist breakers from the second world war

because of the American people?s great interest in the presidents involved in wars and

the governments talent for hiding less than flattering information from the world.

Roosevelt?s involvement in the great World War II allows him to fit ,comfortably, the

U.S standard of fighting presidents. Entering the war on the side of the Allies after a

sneak attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt became a kind of vengeful hero,

fighting the good fight in the name of justice. In so doing he ended an economic slump

by gearing the nation up for war and won over the support of the public and businesses

who were very grateful for the new jobs. Roosevelt had started the U.S on a direct

path to becoming a world power as well as saving Europe and the Jews from the fascist

Nazis.

Even though he wasn?t perfect (he was crippled ) his domestic strategies were not too

well thought out ( started the national debt that is now around five trillion) and his

foreign policies were not pure of heart (allowing the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor

even though he knew it would happen ahead of time) his public relations committee did

an excellent job in painting him the savior of the world. The accepted and slightly

warped view people have of him today gives him the potential to be even more warped

in the future. Perhaps by the twenty fifth century the frail body of the powerful man

might give way to the talking brain in a glass jar that fought the nasty Fascists in spite

of not having a body. Never the less he will be known in the future and most likely

beloved.