-
George Marshall
George Catlett Marshall, Jr was an american statesman and solider. He was chief of staff of the united states army under presidents Franklin D Roosevelt and Harry S Truman and served as secretary of state and secretary of state and secretary of defense under Truman. -
Period: to
Omar Bradley
Omar Bradley, Nicknamed brad was a highly distinguished senior officer of the united states army who saw distinguished service in north america and western europe during WW2 and later became general of the army. -
Period: to
Rationing
Rationing regulated the amount of goods that a consumer could obtain ration coupons were issued to each family based on its size. Americans were generally happy to help in the war effort in order to bring there loved ones home safely. -
Period: to
Victory Corps
Purpose of this organization was to prepare high school students to aid -
Period: to
Victory Corps
Purpose of this organization was to prepare high school students to aid in the war effort on the home front and the front lines.
Both girls and boys white and black participated.
Students learned about machinery and fundamentals of electricity radios canning food aeronautics first aid and other pertinent topics to help toward the war effort. -
Period: to
War Bonds
At home Buying war bonds or savings stamps has probably the most common way to support the war. When people bought a bond or a saving stamps, Their money would be paid back with interest after the war. Organizations in each country worked to contact every citizen during four liberty loan drivers. -
Period: to
Rationing
Rationing regulated the amount of goods that a consumer could obtain. ration coupons were issued to each family ased on its size. Americans were generally happy to help in the war effort in order to bring their loved ones home safely. -
Period: to
Axis Powers
The alliance of the axis powers began to form in 1936's. An even stronger alliance was signed between germany and italy on May 22, 1939 called the pact of steel. This treaty would later be called the tripartite pact when japan signed it on september 27, 1940. -
Period: to
Allied Powers
In WWll the allies included Britain, France the soviet union and the U.S. The second WW opposing alliance pitted strong democracies against totalitarian regimes the conflict and two sets of alliances can be seen as representing a struggling between the two alliances. -
Period: to
Flying Tigers
Flying tigers were recruited to send supplies and to engage combat with Japanese pilots -
Pearl Harbor
Japan wanted to solve their economic and demographic problems the tried to expand. 2,335 military personal were solved. -
Code Talkers
Navajo code talkers played a key role in the pacific campaign Navajo language is unwritten and extremely complex. American military needed a undecipherable code that couldnt be broken by the japanese -
Douglas Macarthur
Most Famous battle he fought in is the "pacific theatre" He was a general and a field Marshall and was the chief of staff of U.S army. He was well know for going back Bataan to rescue some man. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Was the 34th president of the USA prior to his presidency Eisenhower was a life long military man, Commanding the D-Day evasion while serving as supreme allied commander in europe during WW2