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Douglas MAcArthur
He was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War 2 -
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George Marshall
Arny Chief of Staff that coordinated the war effort from Washington, D.C. -
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Charles W. Nimitz
A five-star admiral of the United States Navy. He was the leading U.S. Navy authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1939. -
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George S. Patton
Brash American General and brilliant tank commander that led the 3rd army of the United States in the final assault on Germany. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961, previous tot that he was a five-star general int he U.S. Army during World War 2, and served a Surpreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe. In 1951 he became the first supreme commander of NATO. -
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Omar Bradley.
He was a senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War 2, and a General of the Army in the United Stated Army. -
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The Holocaust
A systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsered persecution and murderof approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime -
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Concentration Camps
A camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions and without regard to legal norms of arrest and imprisonment that are acceptable in a constitutional democracy. Sites of internment during the Holocaust which were liberated by American forces. -
Merchant Marines.
Fleet of civillian-owned merchant vessels that utilized the Liberty cargo ships. -
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Tuskegee Airmen
The popular name of a grouof African American pilots who fought in World War 2 -
Liberty Ships
Technolgy used by the Merchant Marines to contribute to the victory in World War 2 -
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Two-Front War
Dividing military forces in order to fight on land in Europe and sea/land in the Pacific. -
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Flying Tigers
Former pilots of the U.S. armed services who volunteered to fly with the Chinese Air Force to defend against Japanese aggression. -
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Navajo Code Talkers
A group that used the practice of encription to convert communication into an unknown language so that it is unavalible to be decoded by the enemy -
Bataan Death March
The forcible transfer, by the Imperial Japanesse Army, of 60-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three month battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War 2. -
Battle of Midway
Turning point Allies in the Pacific in World War 2 due to the Japanese loss of four large aircraft carriers. -
Island Hoping
A military strategy employed by the allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War 2 -
D-Day Invasion
Allied invasion of Northerm France to repl the occupation of German Army.. Landing at Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches. -
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Operation Overlord(Battle of Normady)
The operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied westen Europe during World War 2 by Allided forces. -
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Potsdam Conference
The meeting that led to the international partitioning of Germany into four seperate zones. -
Atomic Bomb (Hiroshima)
One of the bombs that gave President Truman the confidence to demand an unconditional surrender of all armed forces or suffer utter destruction. -
Atomic Bomb(Nagasaki)
One of the two bombs that Truman used to demand unconditional surrender of all armed forces or suffer utter destruction. -
Conventional Weapons
8 years after Hiroshima, nclear artillery shells were invented, and 3 years after they were small enough to be fired out of 155 mm howitzer. Also nuclear torpedoes and missiel frigates.
