WWII
Bataan Death March
25,000 Americans and Filipinos died marching to captivity in the Philippines- April 194
V-E Day
May 8th, 1945
Tuskegee Airmen
African American fighter squadron in Europe
Chester Nimitz
American admiral in the Pacific- commander of US Fleet
George Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Omar Bradley
Army General in Europe
George Patton
Army General, tank commander, led 3rd Army
V-J day
Aug. 14 1945
Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7th 1941
Lend Lease Act
FDR's plan to supply the Allies while still staying "neutral"
Executive Order 9066
Internment of Japanese citizens and residents during WWII
D-day
Invasion of Normandy, France- June 6th, 1944
Navajo "Code Talkers"
Native Americans who used their native language to transfer messages for the Allies.
Vernon Baker
Only living African American soldier awarded Medal of Honor in 1997
Harry Truman
President who dropped the atomic bomb
Yalta Conference
Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt meet to discuss post war Europe
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Commander of Allied troops in Pacific
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme allied commander in Europe
Korematsu v United States, 1944
Supreme court case challenging Japanese internment
War Production Board
The group in charge of transforming America's industries from peacetime to wartime production
Battle of Midway
Turning point of the war in the Pacific
Island Hopping
US strategy in Pacific
Flying Tigers
Volunteer US fighter pilots, helping China fight Japan
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
high US casualties led to decisions to drop atomic bomb
Battle of the Bulge
last ditch offensive by Hitler, Allied victory, secured victory in Europe
Nuremberg Trials
many German and Japanese officials tried for "crimes against humanity"