WW2 VFL Part 2

George Marshall

US Army Chief of Staff; pushed for women soldiers

A. Phillip Randolph

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

Manhattan Project

the US program to build an atomic bomb for WW2

War Production Board

a board set up to regulate the production of war supplies

Rationing

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

Dwight D Eisenhower

American general; led and planned D-Day

D-Day

the Allied invasion of Normandy beach on June 6, 1944

George Patton

American general; helped during D-Day

Battle of the Bulge

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

V-E Day

“Victory in Europe Day”; May 8, 1945

Harry S. Truman

Roosevelt’s vice president and successor

Douglas MacArthur

General in the Pacific; accepted Tojo’s surrender

Battle of Midway

June 1942; Americans destroyed Japanese fleet at Midway Island

Kamikaze

a Japanese war tactic to crash planes into enemy boats

Hiroshima

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

Nagasaki

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

Nuremberg Trials

trials in Germany charging Nazi leaders with war crimes

GI Bill of Rights

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

Internment

confinement or restriction during wartime in the US

Japanese American Citizens League

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