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Lend Leare Program
-Provided for military aid to any country who defends was vital to the security of the us.
-The act authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense material of which congress appropriated money.
-Be allowing the president to transfer was materials to a beleaguered Britannia and without payment the neutrality act the enabled the British to keep fighting until the events led Americas into conflict. -
Pearl Harbor
-The morning of this day Japanese bombed the island of Oahu in two waves of airplanes. Damaging or destroying 18 us ships, more the 260 airplanes, and injured/killed about 6000 Americans.
-The day after Roosevelt asked congress to declares war on japan. A famous quote from FDR in response to the actions, "A date which will live in infarmy -
War Bonds
-Known as debt securities for the purpose of financing military operations during war time, the bonds yield a mere 2.9 percent return after a 10 year maturity living in the us with a median icome during ww2 meant earning about 2000 a year stamps also could be purchased starting a 10 cent to save toward the bond -
Axis
-On september 27 Americans were notified that Germany Italy and japan had singed a mutual defense thready tripartite pact. They where known as the axis powers. There main goal was keeping the us out of the war. in the treaty they agreed to defend one another in case of attack. -
Waves
-during ww2 waves was a acroym for women accepetd for volunteer emergency service
-waves let women work on planes and fly in the continental us. -
Douglas MacArthur
Star general, commander of the south west pacific and invaded the island of leyte in oct 1944 to avenge americans defeat in the philippines. he applies his military actions with island hopping to help relieve POWs from the bataan death march -
George Marshall
He was an american statesman and soldier he was chief of staff for the us army under FDR and truman served as secetary of state and defence under truman he hired as the "organizer of victory" by winston churchill -
George Patton
-General George smith Patton Jr was a senior officer of the us army who commanded the us seventh army in the mediterranean and Europe threats of WW2, but he was best known for his leadership of us.
-involved in military career leading early troops against mexican forces and became first officer assigned the new us army took crops in WW1. -
Omar Bradley
-He was a highly distinguished senior traffic of the us army who saw distinguished services in north africa and western europe during ww2 he was also known as a top general during D-day -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
-was the 34th president of the us prior to his presidency Eisenhower was a life long military man, commanding the d-day evasion while serving as a supreme allied commander in europe -
Volunteerism of WW2
-the victory crops was an american prog during ww2 that provided training to male and females Hs students focused on skills relevant tp the war effort. raged from phys coditining to special skills -
WAC
-members of the womens army corps were the first women other then nurses to serve within the united states army because they were able to supply the additional sorces so despretaetly needed in the military -
Tuskegee Airmen
- where the first group of african americans fighter flights in the us army corps ww2.
- the army had resist using black men as a piolot the created a segregated united for them.
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Code Talkecs
the american military needed an undecipherable code to communicate the could not be boxen by the japanese. the language us unwritten and extremly complex by using the language american forces could transmit messages ny telephoen and radio without the japanese uderstanding it. -
Allies
-Allies joined forces to stop hitlers agression.
- at the beginning it was poland frances and the uk. later when the us joined establishing the united nations jan 1 1942 the big three were known as stalin hill and FDR.