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World War II
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Concentration Camps
a place where the Jews where held captive -
George S. Patton
was a general in the United States Army most well known for his command of the Seventh United States Army, and later the Third United States Army, in the European Theatre in World War II. -
Holocaust
was the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II. -
Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He had previously been a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II -
Liberty Ships
a slow cargo ship built during World War II. -
Navajo Code Talkers
a code that was a term used to describe people who talk using a coded language (Native American). -
Tuskegee Airmen
Popular name for the first cadre of African-American pilots in the US military -
Douglas MacArthur
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. -
Chester W. Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, GCB, USN, was a five-star admiral of the United States Navy. -
Multiple Front War
fighting from multiple fronts -
Flying Tigers
Flying Tigers was the popular name of the 1st American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force in 1941-1942. -
Bataan Death March
was the forcible transfer, by the Imperial Japanese Army , of 60,000 Filipino and 15,000 American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II -
Merchant Marines
the crew of a merchant vessel -
Battle of Midway
American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands -
Omar Nelson Bradley
was a senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army -
Island Hopping
was the American strategy in the Pacific during World War II. It involved a leapfrogging movement of American forces from. -
Conventional Weapons
the terms conventional weapons or conventional arms generally refers to weapons that are in relatively wide use and that are not weapons. -
D-Day Invasion
The day on which the Allied forces invaded France during World War II. -
Operation Overlord
was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. -
Atomic Weapons
A weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction. -
Congressional Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. The medal is awarded by the President of the United States in the name of Congress. -
Potsdam Conference
was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945. -
George Marshall
was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense