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george patterson
general george smith patterson jr was a senior officerof the us army who commanded the seventh army in the mediterranean and european threats of ww2was best known for his leadership of us -
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allied powers
the coalition headed by germany italy and japan that opposed the allied powers in world war 2 the alliance orginated in a series of agreements between germany and italy followedby the prodamition of an axis binding rome and berlin -
axispower
took the name after the tripartite pact was singed by germany italy andjapan on 9/27/1940 in berlin the axis partners had 2 common interests territorialexpansion and foundationof empires basedo on -
Pearl Harbor
all but 3 of the ships sunk or damaged at pearl harbor were repaired the uss Arizona the uss Oklahoma and the uss Utah officially it is estimated that 2,335 military personal was killee on that terrible day roosevelts famous line which he said a date which we live in infamy the u.s was attackee by nabel air forces of empire of japan -
war bonds
known as debt securities for the purpose of financing military operations during war time,the bonds yield a mere 2.9 percent return after a 10year maturity living in the us with median income during ww2 ment earning about 200 a yaer, despite the wars hardships ,134 million americans were asked to purchase war bonds to help fund the war,stamps also could be purchased,starting at 10 cents to save toward the bond -
waves
during world war 2 was a acroym for woman accepted for volunteer emergency service.waves let woman work on planes in the continental u.s. -
douglas Macarther
star general,commander of the south west pacific and invaded the island of leyte in oct 1944 to avenge americans defeat in the philippines ,he applies his military actions with island hopping to help relieve pows from bataan death march. -
omar bradley
he was a highly distinguished senior officeroh the u.s army who saw distinguished service north Africa and western Europe during world war 2 they was also known as atop general during D-day -
george marshall
he was an American statesman and soldier he was chief of staff of the u.s army under presidents roosevelts and Truman served as secretary of states and defensive under Truman he hailed as the organizer of victory by Winston churchhill. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
was the 34th presidency Eisenhower was a life long militaryman,commanding the D-day evasion while serving as a surpreme allied commander in europe during ww2 -
volunteerism of ww2
the victory crrops was an american prog during ww2 that provided training to male and female hs students focuse -
allies
alies joined forces to stop hitlers agression
at the beginning it was poland france and thye uk later when the U.S would join establishing the uniteed nations jan 1942 -
WAC
Woman of the woman's army corp were the first woman other then nurses to serve within the United States Army beacause they were able to supply additional sources so desperately needed in the military and the industrial stated -
Tuskegee airmen
Where the first group of African American fighter flights in the u.s army corps in ww2.
The army had resist using black man as pilot then created a segregated unit for them