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Douglas Macarthur
American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army -
George Marshall
army cheif of staff that coordinated the wasr effort from washington D.C -
Chester W. Nimitz
five star admirl commander -
George S. Patton
tank commander led final assualt to germany -
Dwight Eisenhower
34th president during ww2 succesfull invading europe -
Omar Bradly
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. -
concentration capms
camps during the holocaust where they kept jews and any other agains germans -
holocaust
murder and killing of many innocent people that were not aryan -
tuskegee airman
foundation dedicated to preserving the history of America's first black military airmen -
Flying tigers
former pilots who volunteered to fly with the chinese airforce to defeat the jappanese -
navajo code talkers
encrypted to convert communications into unknown language -
Baatan death march
is a challenging march through the high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range, conducted in honor of the heroic service members who defended the Philippine Islands during World War II, sacrificing their freedom, health and, in many cases, their very lives -
Battle of midway
turning point japanese loses four large aircraft carriers -
island hoping
to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions and instead concentrate the limited Allied resources on strategically important islands that were not well defended but capable of supporting the drive to the main islands of Japan -
libert ships
technology used by the merchant marinces to contribute to the victory in world war 2 -
merchant marines
fleet of civilian owned merchant vessels that utilized the libery cargo ships -
D-Day invasion
Allie invasion of northern france to repel the occupation of the germany Arny -
operation overload
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 wepons
wepons such as the atomic bomb used to beat the jappenese -
postdam conference
meeting that led the international partioning of germany into four seprrate zones -
congressional medal of honor
medal given from the congress -
multiple front war
dividing military forces in order to fight on land in europe and sea land pacific -
conventional weapons
rms conventional weapons or conventional arms generally refer to weapons that are in relatively wide use that are not weapons of mass destruction