WW2

By Zach Tiernan

  • Douglas MacArthur

    General of the American Army

  • George Marshall

    He was the Cheif of staff for the United States Army

  • Chester W. Nimitz

    Year he was born. He was a five star admiral of the United States navy

  • George S. Patton

    General of the United States Army

  • Dwight Eisenhower

    34th president of the United States

  • Omar Bradley

    Senior U.S Army field commander in north Africa

  • Holocaust

    Killing of millions of people. Most of the killed were Jews

  • Merchant Marines

    U.S. civilian owned merchant vessals

  • Island Hopping

    Japenese who hop island to island taking over them

  • Multiple War Front

    War on the land, sea, and air

  • Flying Tigers

    American pilots who worked with the Chinese to ward of the Japenese

  • Liberty Ships

    cargo ships that were used by the merchant Marines

  • Tuskegee Airmen

    African American pilots that helped during WW2

  • Navajo Code Talkers

    Native Americans that helped Americans decode hidden messages that the enemy sent

  • Bataan Death March

    March by the Japenese where they killed many people on it

  • Battle of Midway

    Turning point in the world at sea. 4 Japenese aircraft carriers were destroyed.

  • D-Day invasion

    American attack on Normandy France, which led to many American deaths

  • Operation Overload

    Was the codename for the battle of Normandy "D-Day"

  • Medal of honor

    Highest Military Honor you can be awarded

  • Postam Conference

    Meeting that separated Germany into 4 different sections.

  • Atomic Weapons

    The first ever Atmoic Bomb was dropped by America on Japan to help end WW2

  • Conventional weapons

    They are small arms such as machine gus, pistols, and snipers