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Doglas MacArthur fought in World War 1 and in World War 2. He was the commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific.
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Island Hopping was the US strategy in the Pacific Theater. With the highest number of non-combatant U.S. casualties in the island-hopping campaign, the New Georgia mission became a costly succes.
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Merchant Marines were a crew of Merchant vessels.
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Germany, Japan and the United States were all fighting a two-front war during World War 2, but only U.S. will ultimately be succesful at it.
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As the United States entered World War 2, the military found itself ill prepared for large-scale naval operations. The Merchant Marine Act 1936 established a national maritme commision, which produced for threee types of cargo ships. Attempting to present a more positive, image, the U.S. Maritime Commision reffered to the ships as the Liberty Fleet and proclaimed September 27, 1941 the day the first fifteen ships were launched
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A foundation dedicated to preserving the history of America's first black military airmen.
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Concentration Camps were camps that the Jewish, Gypsie, or other people were forced to go to, to be tortured or forced to do work.
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About 2,300 American prisoners of war died in the forced march to Luzon and an equal number of Filipino allies.
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The Battle of Midway were important turning points for the American military. Fighting to the west of Midway, the US Navy attacked and sunk their ships.
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They were a small band of warriors who created an unbreakable code from the ancient language of their people and changed the course of Modern History.
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Omar Bradley captured Bizertr, Tunisia in 1943, which led to the surrender of more that 250,000 Axiz troops. As a commander in World War 2, he planned and participated in the Normandy Invasion. In, 1949, he was named the first chirman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Chester W. Nimitz served in World War 1, as cheif of staff, to the commander of the U.S Atlantic submarine force.
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D-Day refers to the Invasion of Normandy which took place on June 6, 1944, during World War 2.
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Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupiedn western Europe. Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings of June 1944, was the beginning of the end of Hitler and his army in Euproe.
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The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and it was the highest honor in the army.
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The Postdam Conference, a meeting of the victorious leader of the Alliies in Europe, attempted to confront the delicate balance of power of the opposing government structures, democracy and communism.
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The first atomic bomb took place in Japan marked the end of World War 2, many historian argue that it also ignited the Cold War.
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The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-spinsored persecution and murder of approsimately six million Jews by the Nazi regime.
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Conventional weapons are normal weapons that most nations posses.
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William Pawley, founded the Flying Tigers of World War 2. A historical account of the 14th Air Force known as "The Flying Tigers" who were stationed in China during World War 2.
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George Catlett Marshall America's foremost soldier durin World War 2, served as cheif of staff from 1939 ro 1945, building and directing the largest army in history.
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In 1945, Dwight Eisenhower was appointed as the U.S. Army cheif: then he became the first Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1951. In !952 he was elcted president U.S. president, where he seved two terms.
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