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axis
on Sep 27 Americans were notified that germany italy japan had signed a mutual defenses thready tripartite pact they were 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 -
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volunteering of ww2 red cross of ww2
patriots americans invested their time volunteering for red cross making bandages knitting socks and collecting books to send to the troops around celebrities boosted sales for war bonds and other warfare endeavors red cross also sent provision to help soldiers -
Pearl Harbor
all but three of the ships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor were repaired: the USS Arizona the USS Oklahoma and the USS Utah
Officially, it is estimated that 2,335 military personnel were killed on that terrible day.
a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." -
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 -
war bonds
known as debt securities for the purpose of financing military operations during war time the bonds yeild a mere 2.9 percent return after a 10 year maturity living in the us with a median income during ww2 meant earning about 2000 a year despite the wars hardships 134 million Americans were asked to purchase war bonds to help fund the war stamps also could be purchased starting at 10 cents to save toward the bond -
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ratiorig
us wanted to nation restrictions on intoned foods limitations on the transportation of goods due to shortages of rabber tire and or aricatarial harvest to soldiers oversea all contributed to the us govern arsion to nation certain essential items -
waves
during ww2 waves was a acronymfor women accepted for volunteer emergency waves let women work on planes and fly planes in the continental us -
omar bradley
he has highly distinguished senior traffic of the us army who saw distinguished service in north africa and western europe during ww2 he also known as a top general during d day -
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 European theaters of ww2 but he was best known for his leadership of us involved in military career leading cavalry troops against mexican forces and become 1st officer assigned the new us army tank corps ww1 -
owight d elsenhower
was the 34th president of the u.s.r prior to his presidency Eisenhower was a life long military man commanding the D-Day evasion while serving as supreme allied commander in Eruope during ww2 -
allied powers
in ww2 the chief allied power where great britian france -
lend lease program
provided for military aid to any country whos defense was vital to the security of the us
the act authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense material for which congress appropriated money
by allowing the president to transfer war material to a beleaguered britian are without payment the neutrality act the enabled the britian to keep fighting until the even led -
code talkers
the american military needed an undecipherable code to communicate that could not be broken by the japanese
the language is unwritten and extremley complex by using the language america forces could transmit messages by telephone and radio without the japanese understanding it -
WAC
members of the womens army corps was the first women other than nurses to severe withen the united states army because they were able to supply the additional resources so definitely needed military and industrial sectors