-
systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution & murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime
-
-
technology used by the Merchant Marines to contribute to the victory in World War 2
-
technology that gave President Truman the confidence to demand an unconditional surrender of all armed forces or suffer utter destruction.
-
fleet of civilian-owned merchant vessels that utilized the Liberty cargo ships
-
Navy" by authorizing the production and distribution of "medals of honor". On December 21st the bill was passed,
-
it was applied on a large scale as the Allies devised their strategy for moving across the central Pacific.
-
sites of internment during the Holocaust which were liberated by American forces
-
meeting that led to the international partitioning of Germany into four separate zones
-
pilots who fought in World War II.
-
America's foremost soldier during World War II, served as chief of staff from 1939 to 1945, building and directing the largest army in history.
-
were generally refer to weapons that are in relatively wide use that are not weapons of mass destruction
-
former pilots of the U.S. armed services who volunteered to fly with the Chinese Air Force to defend against Japanese aggression
-
march was characterized by wide-ranging physical abuse and murder, and resulted in very high fatalities inflicted upon prisoners and civilians alike by the Japanese Army.
-
Allied invasion of Northern France to repel the occupation of the German Army...landing at Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches
-
He was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and the only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army.
-
group that used the practice of encryption to convert communication into an unknown language so that it is unable to be decoded by the enemy.
-
he oversaw the integration of the Navy into the new Cold War defense establishment and its adaptation to new technologies.
-
He had previously been a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe;
-
Patton led the US Army's first armored attack when he assaulted an enemy position with three armored cars.
-
turning point for Allies in the Pacific in World War 2 due to the Japanese loss of four large aircraft carriers
-
dividing military forces in order to fight on land in Europe and sea/land in the Pacific
-
he 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.
-
it was the most complicated and difficult' ever undertaken. With nearly three million troops involved, it was an incredible feat of organisation - and the first step towards the liberation of Western Europe and the defeat of Nazi Germany.