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conventional weapons
waepons of wide use of mass destruction -
Congressional Medal of Honor
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General Douglas MacArthur
was born. he died April 5th, 1964. -
George Marshall
was born. he died october 16, 1959. -
Chester W. Nimitz
was born. he died february 20, 1966. -
George S. Patton
was born. he was known for his command of the 7th United States army. -
Dwight Eisenhower
was born. he was the 43th president of the United Satetes. -
Omar Bradley
was born. He died April 8 1981. -
island hopping
millitary strategy employed by the allies. -
concentration camps
sites of internment during the Holocaust which were liberated by American forces -
merchant machines
fleet of civilian-owned merchant vessels that utilized the Liberty cargo ships -
holocaust
systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution & murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime -
flying tigers
former pilots of the U.S. armed services who volunteered to fly with the Chinese Air Force to defend against Japanese aggression -
liberty ships
technology used by the Merchant Marines to contribute to the victory in World War 2 -
multiple front war
dividing military forces in order to fight on land in Europe and sea/land in the Pacific -
tuskegee airmen
popular group of african american men pilots who fought in WWII. -
Bataan Death March
70 mile walk. -
Battle of midway
turning point for Allies in the Pacific in World War 2 due to the Japanese loss of four large aircraft carriers -
D Day Invasion
Allied invasion of Northern France to repel the occupation of the German Army...landing at Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches -
operation overlord
was the code name for the battle of Normandy -
navajo code talkers
group that used the practice of encryption to convert communication into an unknown language so that it is unable to be decoded by the enemy -
postam conference
meeting that led to the international partitioning of Germany into four separate zones -
atomic weapons
were being used