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Concentration Camps
camps of inhuman forced labour, brutal mistreatment, hunger, disease, and random executions. -
Holocaust
the mass murder and genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II. -
Flying Tigers
The 1st American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942, -
Bataan Death March
American prisoners were forced to walk to Balanga and were mistreated. -
Battle Of Midway
U.S. Pacific Fleet surprised the Japanese forces, sinking the four Japanese carriers, that had attacked Pearl Harbor only six months before, while only losing of one carrier. -
D-Day Invasion
The allied invasion of northern europe on jan. 4 1944 -
George Marshall
Cheif that coordinated the war effort from washington D.C -
Operation Overload
Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. -
Congressional Medal of Honor
the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress. -
Conventional Weapons
small arms and light weapons, sea and land mines, as well as non-nuclear,bombs, shells, rockets, missiles -
Liberty Ships
were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. used by merchant marines -
Merchant Marines
is the fleet of U.S. civilian-owned merchant vessels, and used liberty ships. -
Tuskegee Airmen
The first african american airmen pilots who fought in World War II -
Navajo Code Talkers
Communication betwwen the Allis that was converted into a unkown language so it could not be decoded -
Dwight Eisenhower
Commander in europe that led d day invasion, later became the president of the united states -
George S. Patton
General that led the 3rd army of the United States in the final batlle on Germany -
Multiple Front War
Military force fighting in europe and in sea and land in the pacific -
Potsdam Conference
decide how to administer punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany. -
Atomic Weapons
an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. -
Island Hopping
battles taking one island and then moving to the next
