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Benito Mussolini
the fascist prime minister of Italy promised to fight with Hitler against anyone. -
hideki tojo
he Army general and prime minister who led Japan through much of World War I -
the holocaust
the persecution of jews and dictatorship of Hitler -
George S. Patton
atton sought to build up the power of U.S. armored forces -
Adolt Hitler
Leader of the nazi's -
executive order 9066
gave the military broad powers to ban any citizen from a fifty- to sixty-mile-wide coastal area stretching from Washington state to California and extending inland into southern Arizona. -
merchant marines
The Merchant Marine is the fleet of ships which carries imports and exports during peacetime and becomes a naval auxiliary during wartime to deliver troops and war materiel. -
Bataan Death March
the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war -
battle of Midway
the Japanese operation, like the earlier attack on Pearl Harbor, sought to eliminate the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific -
office of war information
created to attract people to go to war like uncle sam -
korematsu Vs. US
Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship. -
Omar Bradley
ad distinguished himself leading troops to victories in North Africa and Sicily, was hand-picked by General Dwight Eisenhower to command the 1st U.S. Army during the D-Day invasion -
D day invasion
he 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 Confefence
TSoviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (r\and U.S. President Harry Truma met in Potsdam, -
Vernon Baker
He was awarded the medal for his actions on April 5–6, 1945 near Viareggio, Italy. -
Atomic Bomb
The atomic bomb was dicsovered but werent used for war purposed till 1945 against japan -
Hiroshima/nagasaki
the United States dropped 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 history. -
Dwight D eisenhower
34th President of the United States, serving two terms from 1953 to 1961. Prior to his presidency, Eisenhower was a lifelong military man, commanding the D-Day invasion while serving as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War 2 -
Harry Truman
became the 33rd President of the United States