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D-Day

(FDR) , June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which "we will accept nothing less than full victory." More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day's end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy.

Lend-Lease Act

1941 law that authorized the president to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security

Island Hopping

A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others

Provided for military aid to any country whose defense was vital to the security of the United States.

Primary purpose of the Lend Lease Act of 1941?

Tuskegee Airmen

332 Fighter Group famous for shooting down over 200 enemy planes. African American pilots who trained at the Tuskegee flying school.

Rosie The Riveter

A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It became a rallying symbol for women to do their part.

Manhattan Project

A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.

Axis Powers

Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.

ALLIED POWERS

Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II.

Hiroshima

City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.

49 billion dollars and to 40 nations

How much money worth of aid was given and to how many nations?

WWII

Lend-Lease brought the United States one step closer to entry into ______?

President Roosevelt

Signed the Lend-Lease bill ___________________ ?

Allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S

The Lend-Lease Act Definition ?

Navajo Codetalkers

Used Navajo language as an unbreakable code in the Pacific War against Japan.

lend arms to Britain with the understanding that, after the war, America would be paid back in kind

What did the Lend Lease Act get Roosevelt the power to do?

Gave Britain immediate aid and the Soviet Union except FDR was hesitant

What did the lend-lease act do?

Britain, the Soviet Union, China, Brazil, and many other countries received weapons under this law.

What impact did the Lend-Lease Act have on World War II?

March 1941

When was the lend-lease act created?

Help the Axis defeat the Allies

Why did U.S. citizens favor the Lend-Lease Act?

Because of Stalin way of treating his people through purges and starving them also because he was a communist

Why was FDR hesitant rogue SOVIET UNION aid?

Provided that the president could ship weapons, food, or equipment to any country whose struggle against the Axis assisted U.S. defense.

Why was the Lend Lease Act so important?