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Lend-Lease Act
A U.S. tactic in the war to retain a neutral position in the war, but still ensure the protection of the United States. Weapons and materials were lended and leased to countries rather than sold. -
Office of Price Administration
Established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by on August 28, 1941. The functions of this were originally to control money and rents after the outbreak of World War II to save money for the war -
Pearl Harbor Attack
December 7th, 1941. Over 180 Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor with the intention of destroying the entire American Fleet. -
U.S. Convoy system
A convoy is a group of ships for safety in numbers. The U.S. transported materials in convoys guarded by destroyers during the Battle of the Atlantic. -
Internment
In fear of Japanese spies, the U.S. imprisoned Japanese-Americans in internment camps in remote locations. -
Battle of the Atlantic
Hitler ordered submarine raids along the East coast of the U.S. to prevent supplies from reaching Great Britain or the Soviets from America. The Allies organized cargo ships in convoys and protected them with destroyers. Eventually, sea travel became safer and such protection was not needed. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany fought against the Soviet Union for possession of Stalingrad, Southern Russia. Germany was attempting expansion. Soviet victory and destruction of the German 6th army -
War Productions Board
An agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established it in January 1942 -
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
A branch of the U.S. Army made up entirely of women, made up to be an Auxiliary, was founded May 15th, 1942 -
Operation Torch
The Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of World War II. Casablanca was captured after short siege, an Ally victory -
Unconditional Surrender
Demanded by the Allies of Germany. Surrender in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering party. In modern times, unconditional surrenders most often include guarantees provided by international law. -
Korematsu v. United States
A court case that was appealed all the way up to the supreme court, they ruled that Korematsu's internment arrest was justified on the basis of "Military Necessity" -
Bloody Anzio
The Battle of Anzio, one of the hardest battles the Allies encountered, it lasted four months and left 25,000 Allied casualties and 30,000 Axis casualties. An Allies victory. -
D-Day
When Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy under the code name Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history -
The Battle of the Bulge
the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, and took place from. Germany collapses and opens way for the Allies to break the Siegfried Line. Allies victory -
V-E Day
Victory Europe Day. A celebration in Europe of Nazi Germany's acceptance of the Ally-proposed unconditional surrender. -
Death of Hitler
Hitler: "I myself and my wife choose to die in order to escape the disgrace of...capitulation." Hitler knew the war was lost and wanted to never see the end of it, so he shot himself while his wife drank poison. -
Harry S. Truman
The 33rd president following Roosevelt's death. He started the Marshall Plan to help the economy of Western Europe, and implemented the Truman Doctrine and NATO. -
Manhattan Project
Supported by Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, the Manhattan Project developed nuclear weapons for the first time. German scientists, along with others were utilized for their skill and pardoned if involved in Jewish persecution in return for the development of nuclear weaponry. This is where and how the atom bombs were created. Ended in December 1949
