George Marshall

Developed the Europe First strategy because Hitler was more of a threat than the Japanese.

Pushed for the formation of WAAC.

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Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps Women taking on non-combat roles that had been previously done by soldiers.

George Marshall proclaimed that women could do these jobs better

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A Phillip Randolph Fought discrimination in the military and war industries Encouraged FDR to give an executive order to provide for full and equitable participation and hiring

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Manhattan Project The development of the atomic bomb Robert Oppenheimer leader of the project (10 mile radius)

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Office of Price Admin.

Fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods.

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War Production Board Decided which companies would convert to wartime production and allocated raw materials to key industries

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Rationing The OPA also set up fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, gasoline

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Western Europe.

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Tuskegee Airmen The first group of African American Airmen trained at the Tuskegee Institute, 99 th Pursuit Squadron.

Won 2 Distinguished Unit Citations

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D-Day June 6, 1944 Allied landing at Normandy, France. This is the beginning of the taking back of France. Largest invasion in History

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Bradley & Patton Two top US Generals that led the fight to liberate Paris from 4 years of German occupation

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Battle of the Bulge • Last German Offensive. Battle lasted for a month

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Navajo Code Talkers 400 Navajo were recruited into the Marine Corps as code talkers to transmit telephone and radio messages. Very instrumental in winning the war

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Audie Murphy The most decorated American Soldier of World War II

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Harry S. Truman Takes over as President with FDR’s death on April 12, 1945

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V-E Day May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe

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Douglass MacArthur Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Pacific “I shall return.” in regards to the Philippines after the Bataan Death March

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Chester Nimitz Commander of American Naval Forces in the Pacific

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Doolittle’s Raid Spring of 1942, Air raid on Tokyo led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle US immediate response to Pearl Harbor

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Midway The turning point in the “Island Hopping” campaign for the United States in the Pacific

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Coral Sea Five day battle that stopped the Japanese drive toward Australia

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Iwo Jima Critical to the Island Hopping campaign because it gave the United States a base from which heavily loaded bombers could reach Japan

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Okinawa Gave a foretaste of what an invasion of Japan might entail.

Churchill predicted at least 1 million American deaths in an invasion of Japan

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Kamikaze “Divine Wind” Japanese Mentality It is an honor to die for your country. If they didn't die for their country they would be disgraced.

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Hiroshima August 6, 1945 Enola Gay First Atomic Bomb

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Nagasaki August 9, 1945 Second Atomic Bomb Japanese Surrender Formal surrender Sept 2, 1945 USS Missouri

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Nuremberg Trials Trial of Nazi war leaders who were charged with “crimes against humanity” Entrenched the principle of individual responsibility into international law

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GI Bill of Rights Provided education and training for American Veterans Paid for by the United States Government

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James Farmer Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) An interracial organization to confront urban segregation in the North.

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Internment Camps In the United States there was an extreme fear of anyone of Japanese decent, especially in CA. The Rose Bowl was moved to North Carolina because of fear of a Japanese invasion. County Fairgrounds, Santa Anita, and others were used as an internment camps. (not just Japanese, Italians and Germans as well)

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Japanese American Citizens League After World War II, this organization pushed the US government to compensate those sent to internment camps for their lost property.

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