Key Terms World at War

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    Omar Bradley

    Was a united states army field commander in north africa and europe during world war 2
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    The Holocaust

    The Holocaust was a genocide of the Jewish people.
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    Adolf Hitler

    Was the leader of the Nazi party, Germany world war 2.
  • Navajo Code Talkers

    were a group of native americans who served in the united states marine corps during world war 2
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    Flying Tigers

    the virst american volunteer group of the chinese air force
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    Hideki Tojo

    Was a general of the imperial japanese army.
  • Executive Order 9066

    is a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during world war 2 authorizing the secretary of war to prescribe certain areas as military zones.
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    Vernon Baker

    Was a united states army officer who received the medal of honor for his valorous actions during wolrd war II.
  • Bataan Death March

    American prisoners were forced to march down Bataan by the Japanese army
  • Battle of Midway

    was a battle in the pacific theatre of world war 2
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    Office of War Information

    was a government agency created during world war 2 to consolidate existing government information services and deliver progaganda both at home and abroad.
  • Korematsu v. u.s.

    was a landmark united states supreme court case concerning the constitutionality of executive order 9066.
  • Benito Mussolin

    was an italian politician and the leader of the national fascist party.
  • D-Day invasion

    The code name for the first day of military attack of german occupied france.
  • Merchant Marines

    is the fleet of ships which carries imports and exports during peacetime and becomes a naval auxiliary during wartime to deliver troops and war material.
  • George S. Patton

    was a united states army general.
  • Manhattan Project

    was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombes during world war 2.
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    Harry Truman

    Was the 33rd president of the united states.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Conference of the Big three, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churshill, and Clement Attlee.
  • The Atomic Bomb

    Atomic bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • Hiroshima/Nagasaki

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki were almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a populated area.
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    Nuremberg Trials

    were a series of military tribunals
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    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Was the 34th president of the united states.