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He was in charge of the U.S forces in the pacific and helped liberate the Philippines and other islands from Japan
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He commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War 2 and played a major role in defeating Japan
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Is considered one of the most successful combat generals in U.S History and helped lead the invasion of Sicily as well as helped liberate Germany from Nazi rule.
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Eisenhower received the 5 star rank of General of the Armies in World War 2 and in 1953 became the 34th president of the United States
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He served as field commander on D-Day and led troops that invaded Germany
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He was one of seven black soldiers in World War 2 to receive the Medal of Honor after killing 26 soldiers, destroying 6 machine gun nests, 2 observer posts, and 4 dugouts
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One of the most decorated soldiers in World War 2 and even received medals from France and Belgium
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Italy invaded Ethiopia to boost national prestige, grow their influence in Africa, and get revenge on Ethiopia who defeated the Italians in 1896
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Germany annexed parts of Austria and Czechoslovakia that were inhabited by ethnic German people.
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A group of mostly African American pilots that were responsible for escorting larger bomber planes and combined, they took down 251 enemy planes in World War 2
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A small group of U.S mercenaries that were hired by China to help them with fighting off the Japanese invasion
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President Roosevelt authorized the evacuation of anyone deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to places more inland.
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The Bataan Death March was the forced transfer of 100,000 American and Pilipino prisoners of war to different camps. They were forced to walk the whole way and many died
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U.S. Marines of Navajo descent that developed a fast and secure code in World War 2
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It permitted millions of Mexican men to work legally in the US on short-term labor contracts
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The Manhattan Project was a project led by the U.S, as well as the U.K and Canada, that created the first nuclear bombs.
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In the case, the Supreme Court upheld the exclusion of Japanese Americans from areas deemed critical to national defense or vulnerable to espionage
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After Nazi Germany was defeated, many of their leaders were put on trial which revealed the true extent of atrocities committed by Germany in World War 2