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World War 2
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Cash and Carry
.Requested by President Franklin Roosevelt to stay neutral while aiding the allies.
.Replaced the Neutrality Acts of 1936. -
George Marshall
George Marshall was the chief of staff of the army. -
Flying Tigers
The flying Tigers were a group of American volunteers who went to China to resist Japanese fighting. They helped give raw materials to China. -
Battle of Britain
Germany wanted power of skies over Britain, so Germany fought Britain in the sky using planes and bombs. -
Peacetime Draft
Required all men between ages 21 and 45 to register for the draft -
Holocaust
Attemped genocide of Jewish people. -
Lend-Lease Act
providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II -
Navajo Code-Talkers
used to translate messages into a code Japanese could not understand -
Vernon Baker
assigned to the first black unit to go into combat and won the Congressional Medal of Honor recipient for his bravery -
Tuskegee Airman
African-American fighter group in the Air Corps to help on bombing missions -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese revenge on U.S. for putting sanctions on them -
Island Hopping
a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers -
Executive Order 9066
permitted military commanders to require Japanese Americans to relocate to interior internment camps away from Western coastal regions -
War Bonds
debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war -
Bataan Death March
Japanese forced prisoners to undertake a 60 mile march through the jungle -
Douglas MacAruthur
led U.S. army in the pacific
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Chester W. Nimitz
.in charge of Battle of Midway
.planned American Fleet -
Battle of Midway
U.S. destroyed 4 of Japan’s aircraft carriers, ending Japan’s naval strength in Pacific ocean. -
Dept. of War Information
created pro-Allied, anti-Axis propaganda to make citizens more aware -
Rationing
regulating the amount of goods a consumer could obtain -
George Patton
led U.S. Third Army in North Africa and Italy -
Victory Gardens
These gardens helped to make sure there was enough food for troops and citizens. -
D-Day
troops under command of Dwight Eisenhower landed at 5 beaches on the Northwest coast of France at Normandy -
Dwight Eisenhower
Supreme Allied Commander in Europe who was in charge of Normandy invasion -
Omar Bradley
commander of all U.S ground forces after the invasion of Normandy -
Korematsu vs. U.S.
.Korematsu was a Japanese American convicted of continuing to remain in a restricted area
.Supreme court said constitutional liberties may be limited in wartime
.5 years later, Confress apologized to interned Japanese Americans and voted to pay compensation to families involved -
Battle of the Bulge
German attack to break Allied lines; divide forces in half and cut off Allied supplies -
V-E Day
Germany signs unconditional surrender -
Atomic Bomb (Hiroshima and Nagaski)
wanted to use the atomic bomb against Japan rather than sustain high losses; chose centers of Japanese military production as targets -
V-J Day
division of Japan’s territorial conquests -
Nuremberg Trails
Allied forces presided over the hearings of Nazi-criminals and sentenced many to death
