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George Marshall
-George Catlett Marshall, Jr. was an American statesman & soldier, he was Chief of staff of the United States Army under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt & Harry S. Truman, and served as secretary of state & secretary of Defense under Truman -
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War Bonds
-At home buying war bonds or savings stamps was probably the most common way to support the war.
-When people bought a bond or a saving stamp, they were tending money to the gov.
-Their money would be paid back with the interest after the war, Organizations in each country worked to contact every citizen during four liberty loan drives. -
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Rationing
-Rationing regulated the amount of goods that a consumer could obtain. Ration coupons were issued to each family based on its size, Americans were generally happy to help in the war effort in order to bring their loved ones home safely. -
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Tuskegee Airman
-The Tuskegee Airman were the first black servicemen to serve as military in the U.S. armed flying with distinction during WW2 -
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Allied Powers
-In WW2 the allies included Britian France the soviet union & the U.S.
-The second opposing alliance pitted strong democracies against totalitarian regimes the conflict & the two sets of alliances can be seen as representing a struggle between the two alliances. -
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Axis Powers
-The alliance of the Axis Powers began to form in 1936. An event stronger alliance was signed between Germany & Italy on May 22, 1939 called the Pact of Steel.
-This treaty would later be called the tripartite pact when Japan signed it on September 27,1940. Now the three main Aris powers were Allies in the war against the Alli powers. (Americans, British, Russia) -
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Volunteerism of WW2 (Red Cross of WW2)
-Patriotic Americans invested their time, volunteering for red cross making bandages,knitting socks & collecting books to send to the troops. Celebrities boosted sales for war bonds & other war time endures. Red cross also sent provisos to help soldiers (many powers in Germany & Japan) -
Lend Lease Program
-The purpose was to provide U.S. military aid to foreign nations during WW2
-Factories needed more & more workers to build war machines & helped decrease unemployment
-Selling weapons & swares brought in lots of revenue to help end the Great Depression. European countries didn't have any to pay back debt until after war & only paid for what they salvaged. -
Pearl Harbor
-Japan wanted to solve their economic problems, they tried to expand into china, American officials responded to this aggression.
-2,335 military personnel were killed
-Bombs destroyed many ships
-Roosevelt said in response "A date which will live in infamy" -
Code Takers
-Navajo code talkers played a key role in the pacific campaign
-Navajo language is unwritten & extremely complex. American military needed a undecipherable code that couldn't be broken by the Japanese. -
Waves
-During WW2 waves was a acronym for woman accepted for volunteer emergency service
-Waves let woman work on planes & fly planes in the continental -
Douglas MacArthur
-Most famous battle he fought in is "Pacific theatre", he was general & a field Marshall & was the chief of staff of U.S. army.
-He was well known for going back Bataan to rescue some man, him & Chester W. were involved in "Island Hoping" -
Dwight D. Elsenhower
-Was the 34th president of the U.S.A. prior to his presidency Elsenhower was a life long military man, commanding the D-day evasion while serving as supreme Allied commander in Europe during WW2. -
Omar Bradley
-Omar Nelson Bradley, nicknamed brad, was a highly distinguished service in North Africa & Western Europe during WW2 & later became General of the Army. -
Bernard Montgomery
-A field Marshall that was over the 8th British Army & took a victory in El Alamano Egypt in 1942 over re