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Chester William Nimitz was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief -
Douglas MacArthur was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army -
a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II -
Vernon Joseph Baker was a United States Army first lieutenant who was an infantry company platoon leader during World War II and a paratrooper during the Korean War -
He received every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. -
a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937 -
Germany wanted to expand its territory to include the Sudetenland and gain control of key military defences in the area. The Nazis justified the invasion by claiming that Austria had descended into chaos. -
a group of primarily African American military pilots and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332d Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces -
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. -
a person employed by the military during wartime to use a little-known language as a means of secret communication. -
authorized the evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to relocation centers further inland. -
Forced march of 70,000 U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war (World War II) captured by the Japanese in the Philippines. -
permitted millions of Mexican men to work legally in the United States on short-term labor contracts. -
a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. -
George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II -
a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to uphold the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military Area during World War I -
The Nuremberg trials were 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. -
an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961