Studied by 11 peopleGeorge 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
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