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Chester W. Nimitz
He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, for U.S. naval forces -
Omar Bradley
Omar Nelson Bradley was a senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army. -
Concentration Camps
sites of internment during the Holocaust which were liberated by American forces. -
Congressional Medal of Honor
he highest U.S. military decoration, awarded in the name of Congress to members of the armed forces for bravery beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy. -
Conventional Weapons
Weapons used in combact. they were used to cause "mass destruction" an example would be The Paris gun: This long-barreled artillery piece deployed by the Germans during World War I killed relatively few people, but because its range was so long — 75 to 80 miles — it told the citizens of Paris, far from the front lines, that the war could get to them too. -
George Marshall
General George Marshall saw service during both World War I and World War II. Becoming Army Chief of Staff on September 1, 1939.In December 1943, Marshall appointed General Dwight D. Eisenhower to command Allied forces in Europe. -
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airman were an elite group of African-American pilots in the 1940s. They were pioneers in equality and integration of the Armed Forces. -
Multiple Front War
a fight that takes place in multiple places. it usually was over to rivals that would fight over territory to gain. during wwII, Germany was seen for wanting to gain much more land; leading to Multiple Front Wars -
Navajo Code Talkers
The idea to use Navajo for secure communications came from Philip Johnston, the son of a missionary to the Navajos and one of the few non-Navajos who spoke their language fluently -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was a 70-mile forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war by Japanese forces during World War II.
72,000 American and Filipino soldiers were forced to surrender to Japan's Imperial Army after their defeat in the grinding, three-month-long Battle of Bataan -
Battle of Midway
Allied invasion of Northern France to repel the occupation of the German Army...landing at Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches -
Island Hopping
moving from one island to the next. they reach shores to land in territory. they are usually seen for catchong up on land, and sometimes taking over. the pacific was seen for most of the Island Hopping diring WWII -
Liberty Ships
"Liberty ship" was the name given to the EC2 type ship designed for "Emergency" construction by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II. Liberty ships were nicknamed "ugly ducklings" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. -
Merchant Marines
fleet of civilian-owned merchant vessels that utilized the Liberty cargo ships. provided the greatest sealift in history between the production army at home and the fighting forces scattered around the globe in World War II. -
D-Day Invasion
turning point for Allies in the Pacific in World War 2 due to the Japanese loss of four large aircraft carriers -
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France scheduled for June 1944. The overall commander was General Dwight Eisenhower. -
Atomic Weapon
explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release energy that come from a small amount of matter. -
Flying Tigers
The 1st American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942, famously nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was composed of pilots from the United States -
George S. Patton
was a general in the United States Army -
Holocaust
5,860,000 Jewish people were killed. About 5,000,000 people who were not Jewish were also killed. There were many Jewish people murdered in many different countries. systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution & murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime. -
Potsdam Conference
meeting that led to the international partitioning of Germany into four separate zones.the "Big Three" leaders met at Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin. In this, the last of the World War II heads of state conferences, President Truman, Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Ministers Churchill and Atlee discussed post-war arrangements in Europe, frequently without agreement. Future moves in the war against Japan were also covered. The meeting concluded early in the morning of 2 August. -
Douglas MacArthur
He was then named commander of the Allied powers in Japan and directed the Allied occupation of Japan. He was seriously considered for the Republican presidential nomination in 1948, but his defeat in the Wisconsin state primary discouraged his supporters. -
Dwight Eisenhower
34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He had previously been a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II
