WW2 VFL Part 2

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George Marshall

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US Army Chief of Staff; pushed for women soldiers

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A. Phillip Randolph

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president and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; protested racism in the military

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George Marshall

US Army Chief of Staff; pushed for women soldiers

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A. Phillip Randolph

president and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; protested racism in the military

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Manhattan Project

the US program to build an atomic bomb for WW2

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War Production Board

a board set up to regulate the production of war supplies

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Rationing

the restriction of people’s access to unregulated amounts of an item; food, clothing, etc.

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Dwight D Eisenhower

American general; led and planned D-Day

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D-Day

the Allied invasion of Normandy beach on June 6, 1944

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George Patton

American general; helped during D-Day

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Battle of the Bulge

a month-long battle where Allies successfully turned back German troops

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V-E Day

“Victory in Europe Day”; May 8, 1945

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Harry S. Truman

Roosevelt’s vice president and successor

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Douglas MacArthur

General in the Pacific; accepted Tojo’s surrender

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Battle of Midway

June 1942; Americans destroyed Japanese fleet at Midway Island

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Kamikaze

a Japanese war tactic to crash planes into enemy boats

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Hiroshima

1st; city that the atomic bomb “Little Boy” was dropped on

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Nagasaki

2nd; city that the atomic bomb “Fat Man” was dropped on

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Nuremberg Trials

trials in Germany charging Nazi leaders with war crimes

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GI Bill of Rights

name given to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act; give money and education to soldiers

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Internment

confinement or restriction during wartime in the US

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Japanese American Citizens League

a group that pushed for the compensation of Japanese-American property that was lost during internment