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George Marshal
Chief of staff during ww2. Increased size of U.S. army. Helped devise operation overload in 1944 -
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George Patton
General of 7th U.S. Army in Mediterranean and European theaters -
Dwight Eisenhower
Main General in Europe -
Omar Bradley
Control of 82nd and 28th divisions in WW2 -
Vernon Baker
Only living black ww2 veteran to earn The Metal of Honor. Lead a battalion that secured Castle Aghinolfi -
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Holocaust
Mass merger of 6 million Jews gypsies and homosexuals. Concentration camps in occupied Poland -
Cash Carry
American ships could not carry weapons to foreign ports but foreign boat could come to the U.S. Buy weapons and then transport them back -
Battle of Brittan
German and British air forces fought in the Sumer and fall of 1940. The Germans bombed Britains military posts and civilians. -
Peace time draft
First peace time draft in American history -
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Flying tigers
First U.S. volunteer force in the Chinese Air Force -
Lend Lease act
Congress authorized the sale and lease of army supplies to any country fighting the Axis Powers -
Tuskegee
First black service men to serve as military aviators -
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War bonds
Americans bought war bonds to support the war effort -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and we declared war on them the next day -
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Navajo code talkers
They communicated with each other and the Japanese couldn't break the Navajo code so the Japanese didn't know what they were saying or doing -
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Douglas MacArthur
Led the rebuilding of Japan, led many troops in Japan, and took back the Philippines -
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Chester W. Nimitz
Fleet admiral in the navy, leading U.S. submarines( changed from gas powered to diesel which led to nuclear powered submarines) also helped developed strategies for battle such as Imo Jima -
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Island hopping
Taking every third Island as a base -
Executive order 9066
Japanese American relocation and internment -
Victory Gardens
Gov encouraged people to grow their own fruits and vegetables so that more food could be sent to the troops. -
Bataan death march
U.S. And Philippine forces surrender to Japanese. They forced prisoners to march 60 miles through the jungle where many died -
Rationing
Gov put restrictions on how much sugar, gasoline, rubber, meat ect a person could buy in order to help the war effort -
Developing of atomic bombs
FDR sent American scientists to New Mexico to develop and explode the worlds 1st atomic bomb -
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Battle of Midway
Destroyed Japan's naval strength
-US regained control of the pacific
-turning point of war -
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Department of War info
Gave pro war information to American people like propaganda "yay! America" encouraging war bonds, rations, victory gardens etc -
D- day
Invasion of Normandy France. Gave the allies a foot hold in Natzi Europe - turning point in the war -
Battle of the Bulge
Adolf Hitler attempted to split the allied armies.
Allied victory -
Korematsu Vs United States
Japanese relocation ruled constitutional -
V-E day
Victory in Europe Day. The Germans surrendered -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. U.S. Wanted to show that we had and prove we were serious and not afraid to show off, end of war came soon after -
V-J day
Japan surrenders, ended rule of the emperor. American occupation under general Douglas MacArthur -
Nuremberg Trials
Series of 13 trials to bring Nazi war criminals to justice 1945-1949
