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World War II/The Holocaust
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Concentration Camps
Several hundred camps that were used to 'Store" citizens such as Jews, Gypsy's, handicap's and homosexuals to be exterminated and experimented on. -
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Conventional Weapons
Refers to weapons that are in relatively wide use that are not weapons of mass destruction -
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The Holocaust
The mass murder of some 6 million European Jews, as well as members of some other persecuted groups, such as Gypsies and homosexuals by the German Nazi regime during the Second World War. -
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Flying Tigers
A group of volunteer veterans who fought against the Japanese beside the Chineses Air Force. -
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Tuskegee Airmen
The popular name of a group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II, were the first African-American military aviators in the United States armed forces. -
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Congressional Medal of Honor (MOH)
The United States of America's highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. -
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Island Hopping
Used as a military tactic, island hopping is a series of battles taking one island and then moving to the next after establishing a base on the previous island. -
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Liberty Ships
Cargo ships built in the United States during World War II, constructied by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II. -
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Merchant Marines
Fleet of U.S. civilian-owned merchant vessels, operated by either the government or the private sector, that engaged in WWII. -
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Multiple Front War
In which fighting takes place on several different geographical seperate fronts. -
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Chester W. Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, GCB, USN, was a five-star admiral of the United States Navy. -
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Douglas Macarthur
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army. -
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Dwight Eisenhower
Five-star general in the United States Army during World War II, later became the 34th president of the United Stated. -
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George S. Patton
A general in the United States Army most well known for his command of the Seventh United States Army, and later the Third United States Army, in the European Theatre in World War II -
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George Marshall
An American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. -
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Ommar Bradley
A senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II. -
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Navajo Code Talkers
The Navajo code talkers took part in every assault the U.S. Marines conducted in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945. They served in all six Marine divisions, Marine Raider battalions and Marine parachute units, transmitting messages by telephone and radio in their native language a code that the Japanese could never break. -
Bataan Death March
The forcible transfer of U.S. POW's by the Imperial Japanese Army after The Battle of Bataan in the Philipines to Camp O'Donnell. Total death tolls vary. -
The Battle of Midway
The most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The United States Navy defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet. -
D-Day Invasion
The day that will live in infamy, when the U.S. stormed the beach of Normandy, France, during World War II. -
Operation Overlord
The code name for the storming of Normandy, France known as D-Day. The operation that launched the invasion of German occupied Western Europe in World War II. -
Potsdam Conference
The accepting of German surrender terms at the conclusion of the European conflict of World War II. -
Atomic Weapons
Only two nuclear weapons have been used in the course of warfare, both by the United States near the end of World War II. a uranium gun-type fission bomb code-named "Little Boy" was detonated over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, on 9 August, a plutonium implosion-type fission bomb code-named "Fat Man" was detonated over Nagasaki, Japan.
