World War 2

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    Douglas MacArthur

    American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army.
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    Chester W. Nimitz

    He was a Fleet Admiral of the US Navy and Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet during World War II.
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    George S. Patton

    A general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II.
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    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, and achieved the five-star rank of General of the Army. President from 1953-1961
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    Omar Bradley

    A senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II
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    Vernon Baker

    Became the only surviving African American to receive the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the war.
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    Audie Murphy

    He was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II.
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    Italian invasion of Ethiopia

    A war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937.
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    German annexation of Austria and Sudetenland invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Germany wanted to expand its territory to include the Sudetenland and gain control of key military defences in the area
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    Tuskegee Airmen

    A group of primarily African American military pilots and airmen who fought in World War II.
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    Flying Tigers

    The First American Volunteer Group of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China
  • Navajo Code Talkers

    A person employed by the military during wartime to use a little-known language as a means of secret communication.
  • Executive Order 9066

    United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • Bataan Death March

    Was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war.
  • Bracero program

    Permitted millions of Mexican men to work legally in the United States on short-term labor contracts.
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    Manhattan Project

    Led by the United States, a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.
  • Korematsu v. U.S.

    The detention was a “military necessity” not based on race, meaning anybody can be associated with the military no matter the race.
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    Nuremberg Trials

    Held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries and other crimes in World War II.