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red cross
patriotic Americans also invested their time volunteering for organization such as the red cross and victory corps they made bandages knitted socks and collected books to be sent to the troops abroad celebrities also volunteered to promote the sale of war bonds and other wartime endvador -
the axis powers
on September 27 Americans were notified that Germany,italy,and japan had signed a mutual defense treaty the tripartite pact they were known as the axis powers there main goal was keeping the usa out of war -
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allies
allies joined forces to stop hitlers aggression at the begining it was only France Poland and the united kingdom but later when US would join establishing the untied nations -
lend lease program
provided for military aid to any country who defense was rital to the security of the united states the act authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense material for which congress appropriated money -
lend lease program
the puropse was to provide u.s military aod to foregin nations during ww2 factories needed more workers to build war machines and helped decrease unemployment -
pearl harbor
the meaning of this day Japaneses boomed the island of Hawaii in 2 waves of airplanes destroying 18 us ships and 260 airplanes and injured 6,000 Mexicans the day after Roosevelt asked congress to declare war on japan. -
war bonds
known as debt securites for the purpose of financing military operations during war time the bonds yield a 2.9% return after a 10 year maturity living in the united states with a median income during ww2 meant earning about 2,000 a year -
waves
during ww2 waves was a economy for women accepted for volunteer emergency service waves let women work on planes and fly planes in the continental u.s -
omar bradley
he was a highly distinguished senior officer of the US army who saw distinguished service in north africa and western europe during ww2 this was also known as a top general during d-day -
george marshall
he was an american statesman and soldier he was chief of staff of the US army under president Roosevelt and Truman served as secretary of state and defensive under Truman -
dwight d.elsenhower
was the 34th president of the u.s.a prior to his presidency elsenhower was a life long military man commanding the d day evasion while serving as superme allied commander in europe during ww2 -
volunteerism of ww2
the victory corps was an american progress during ww2 that provided training to mle and female high school students focused on skills relevant to the war effort -
WAC
members of the women army corps were the first women other than nurses to serve within the united states army because they were able to supply the additional resources so desperately needed in the military and industrial sectors -
code talkers
the american military needed an undecipherable code to communicate that could not be broken by the Japanese the language is unwritten and extremely complex,by using the language american forces could transmit messages by telephone and radio without the Japanese