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  • Douglas MacArthur

    Douglas MacArthur

    American feild marshal and general.
  • George Marshall

    George Marshall

    Born on this date. A U.S. military leader, Chief of Staff, Secretary of State, and the 3rd Secretary of Defense.
  • Chester W. Nimitz

    Chester W. Nimitz

    A five start admiral of the U.S. navy.
  • George S. Patton

    George S. Patton

    Born on this date. A general in the U.S. Army mostly known for his command of the Seventh United States Army,
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower.

    Dwight D. Eisenhower.

    Born on this date. He was the 34th president of the U.S.
  • Omar Bradley

    Omar Bradley

    Born on this date. A senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the U.S.
  • Atomic Weapons

    Atomic Weapons

    No exact date. Very powerful weapons that were used alot during WW2 as destructive forces on the enemy. First atomic weapon (an atomic bomb) was dropped on Heirosheema by the US.
  • Congressional Medal of Honor

    Congressional Medal of Honor

    No Date.
    Medal of Honor is the United States highest ranked medal for soilders.
  • Conventional Weapons

    Conventional Weapons

    Conventional Weapons are the weapons that armys use in war. Everything from big to small firearm.
  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping

    People who were trying to cross the ocean would take many short journeys called "Island Hopping"
  • Merchant Marine

    Merchant Marine

    The fleet of U.S. civilian-owned merchant vessels,
  • Mulitple Front War

    Mulitple Front War

    A war where fighting takes place on two geographically separate fronts.
  • Navajo Code Talkers

    Navajo Code Talkers

    U.S. military people who communicated in code with use of the Native American Language.
  • Flying Tigers

    Flying Tigers

    Beginig in 1941, the first American Vollunteer group of the Chinese Air Force called themselves the flying tigers.
  • Liberty Ships

    Liberty Ships

    Liberty Cargo Ships were built during World War Two in order to carry around military supplies.
  • Tuskegee Airmen

    Tuskegee Airmen

    African American Pilots who fought in the US army during Wolrd War 2.
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March

    Forced transfer of Fillipinos and American prisoners of war by the Japanese army.
  • Holocaust

    Holocaust

    Adolf Hitler took power over Germany and tried to completly demolish the Jewish race.
  • Concentration Camp

    Concentration Camp

    Concentration camps were the locations that the Nazi's kept Jews, gays, and other people who they felt deserved punishment or death. The people were treated harshly and often killed in very violent manners
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    On this day the battle of Midway began. It was basically America's revenge on the Japanese Army for Pearl Harbor.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    The day that the attack onn Nomrandy happened, often reffered to as "d-day"
  • Operation Overlord

    Operation Overlord

    On this date, Operation Overlord commenced. This was the codename for the attack that caused the Battle of Normandy.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    Began on this date. Memebers: UK, USA, USSR. The three government heads came together to discuss what to do about the war.