Unit 8 By fat princess Jonas Period: Jan 31, 1920 to May 31, 1990 Unit 8 Jan 30, 1933 Concentration Camps May 31, 1937 Flying Tigers Feb 28, 1939 Chester William Nimitz was the leading U.S. Navy authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1939. Sep 9, 1939 Holocaust Jan 1, 1941 Liberty Ships Jan 31, 1941 Douglas MacArthur, commander of U.S. Army Forces Far East Feb 1, 1942 George S. Patton commanded some of the the first U.S. troops into the European theater during the North African Campaign in 1942 Mar 1, 1942 Bataan Death March Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jan 30, 1943 Island Hopping Feb 5, 1943 Merchant Marines Feb 5, 1943 Multiple Front War ended Jan 4, 1944 Tuskegee Airmen Jun 1, 1944 Operation Overlord Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. Jun 15, 1945 Navajo Code Talkers Aug 2, 1945 Potsdam Conference Mar 1, 1949 Omar Bradley was appointed the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the following year oversaw the policy-making for the Korean War Apr 10, 1950 Conventional Weapons Jul 20, 1950 Congressional Medal of Honor Feb 1, 1951 George Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. pie Feb 1, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 May 18, 1974 Atomic Weapons Oct 10, 1980 Conventional Weapons