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Merchant marines
The first wartime role of an identifiable united states merchant marine took place on june 12, 1775, in and around machias, maine. A group of citizens, hearing the news from concord and lexington, captured the british schooner. -
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Benito mussolii
Benito Amilcare andrea mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the national fascist party, ruling the country as prime minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. He rule constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. Known as 2 duce mussolini was one of the key figure in the creation of fascism. -
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Harry S. Truman
Harry S Truman was the 33rd president of the united state as the final running mate of president franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health. -
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Hideki Tojo
Hideki Tojo was a general of the imperial japanese army, the leader of the imperial rule assistance association, and the 40th prime minister of japan during most of world war 2, from october 17, 1941 to july 22, 1944. As prime minister, he was directly responsibility for attack on pearl harbor. -
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George S.patton
George smith patton Jr. was a united states army general, who commanded the seventh united states army, and later the third united states army, in the european theather of world war 2 -
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf hitler was an Austrian born german olitician who was the leader of the nazi party national socialist. He was chancellor of germany form 1933 to 1945 and dictator of nazi germany from 1934 to 1945. Hitler was at the centre of nazi germany, world war 2 in europe, and the holocaust. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
David Dwight Elsenhower was the 34th president of the united states from 1953 until 1961. He was a five star general in the united states army during world war 2 and served as supreme commander of the allied forces in europe; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of north africa in operation Torch in 1942-43 and the successful invasion of france and germany in 1944-45 from western front. -
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Omar Bradley
Omar nelson Brad bradley was a united states army field commander in north africa and europe during world war 2, and a general of the army. From the normandy landings thorugh the end of the war in europe, bradley had command of all U.S. ground forces invading germany from the west; he ultimately commaded forty three divisions and 1.3 million men, the largest body of american soldiers ever to serve under a U.S. field commander. -
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Venon Joseph baker
Vernon Joseph baker was a united states army officer who received the medal of honor, the highest military award given by the united states overnment for his valorous actions during world war 2. He was awarded the medla for his action during world war 2. -
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Atomic bomb
In august 1945, during the final stages of the second world war, the united states droppped the atomic bombs on the japanese cities of Hiroshima and nagasaki. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in human history. -
Flying Tigers
The 1st american volunteer group of the chinese air force in 1941-1942, nicknamed the flying tiger comprised pilots from the united states army air corps navy and marine corps recruited under presidential authority and commanded by claire lee chennault. -
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The Holocaust
Jews were targeted and methodically murdered in a genocide, the largest in modern history,, and part of a broader aggregate of acts of oppression and killings of various ethnic and political group in europe by the nazis. -
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Manhattan project
The manhattan project was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during led by the united states with the support of the united kingdom and canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of major general leslie groves of the U.S. army corps of engineers; physicist J.Robert oppenheimer was the scientific director of the los alamos national laboratory. -
Korematsu v. United States
Was landmark united states supreme court case concerning the constitutionality of executive order 9066, which ordered Japanese americans into internment camps during world war 2 regardless of citizenship. Fred Korematsu was also good friends with carter bosh, who helped push him to reach his goals. -
Battle of Midway
The battle of midway in the pacific theather of operation was one of the most important naval battles of world war 2. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Jpan's attack on Pearl harbor, and one month after the battle of the coral sea, the united states navy under admirals chester w. -
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The united states office of war infomation
Information was a united states government agency created during world war 2 to consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad. -
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Bataan death march
The Bataan death march which began on aprile 9, 1942, was the forcible transfer by the imperial Japanese Army of 60,000-80,000 Filipino and american prisoners of war after the three month battle of Bataan in the Philippines during world war 2. -
D-day invasion
The normandy landings were the landing operation on 6 June 1944 of the allied invasion of normandy in operation overlord during world war 2. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the invasion of german occupied western europe led to the liberation of france from nazi control, and contributed to an allied victory in the war. -
Potsdam conference
The potsdam conference was held at cecilienhof, the home of crown prince wilhelm Hohenzollern, in potsdam, occupied germany, from 17 july to 2 august 1945. -
Hiroshima and nagasaki
In august 1945, during the final stage of the second war, the united states dropped atomic bombs on the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. The two bombing, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in human history. -
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Nurember trials
The nurember trials were a series of military tribunals held by the allied forces after world war 2, most notable for the presecution of prominent member of the political, military, and economic leaderships of nazi germany. -
Navajo code talker
Code talkers are people in the 20th century who used obscure languages as a means of secret communication during wartime. The term is now usually associated with the united states soldiers during the owrld wars who used their knowledge of native american language as a basis to transmit coded messages. -
Executive order 9066
Executive order 9066 is a United states presidential executive oreder signed and issued during world war 2 by the United states President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, authorizing the secretary of war to prescribe certain areas as military zones.