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Chapter 18

Einstein
German born Jew that emigrated to the US. His theories in Physics led to the first Atom Bombs.
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Einstein German born Jew that emigrated to the US. His theories in Physics led to the first Atom Bombs.
Doolittle He commanded a bombing raid over Tokyo from the USS Hornet.
Rommel German General that was known as the "Desert Fox." Also planned the defense of Normandy.
Marshall US Army Chief of Staff, highest ranking military officer during WWII.
Oppenheimer Jewish American scientist that supervised the Manhattan Project, building the first Atom Bomb.
Montgomery British General that defeated the "Desert Fox" in North Africa.
Truman FDR's Vice President that took over when Roosevelt died in 1945. He ordered the use of Atom Bombs.
Halsey US Navy Admiral nicknamed "Bull", he island hopped from Australia north toward Japan.
Nimitz US Navy Admiral that scored a victory over the Japanese Navy at Midway. Island hopped from Hawaii west toward Japan.
Eisenhower US General that became the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. Planned landings in N. Africa & Normandy.
MacArthur US Army General in the Philippines that promised his men... "I shall return!"
Patton US Army General, tank commander nicknamed "Old Blood & Guts", led the advance into Germany.
Bataan A Philippine peninsula where the Japanese put US Troops on a "death march."
Nagasaki The second Japanese city destroyed by an A-bomb. 30,000 killed.
Leyte Gulf Naval battle that allowed MacArthur to return to the Philippines in October of 1944.
Guadalcanal August of 1942, it was the first offensive against the Japanese. Many N. Dakotans fought & died there.
Midway US Navy sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers and possibly saved Hawaii from invasion. June 1942.
Coral Sea May 1942, first naval battle fought entirely by aircraft. US Navy saves Australia from Japanese invasion.
Okinawa June 1945, second largest amphibious landing by US forces. 50,000 casualties for the US fighting the Japanese.
Iwo Jima During the battle for this island the US Flag was raised on Mt. Suribachi. 25,000 US casualties.
The Bulge This battle was a counter attack planned by Hitler in December of 1944. Largest US Army battle ever.
Stalingrad Russian city where 400,000 Germans invaded and only 90,000 came out alive due to severe winter and fighting.
Italy This country saw US landings @ Salerno & Anzio. Allies fought there to force the Germans out.
Nuremberg German city where Nazi war crime trials were held after the war. 12 Nazi officers were hung.
Barbarossa Hitler's code name for the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
Torch Code name for the Allied landings in North Africa to fight the German Afrika Corps.
Overlord Code name for the Allied landings in Normandy France to defeat the Germans and liberate Europe.
Hiroshima The first Japanese city destroyed by an A-bomb. 80,000 were killed.
Warsaw Polish capitol that saw its ghettos turned into a prison for 400,000 Jews.
El Alamein Location in Egypt where the British were able to defeat the Afrika Corps and save the Suez Canal & oil fields.
Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold & Juno Name the five D-Day landing beaches in Normandy France.
Omaha Name the D-Day landing beach that saw the most allied casualties on June 6th 1944.
Selective Service & Training Act 1940 Created the first ever peacetime draft in the US.
Royal Air Force Carpet bombed German cities by night.
Four Freedoms FDR's speech, 1941, outlined what the US would fight for.
Kamikazes Japanese suicide pilots.
Gestapo Hitler's secret police. They ran the death camps.
Holocaust Nazi act of murdering/executing 6 million Jews.
Navajo Native American tribe recruited by USMC to be code talkers.
Tuskegee Airmen African American pilots flying bomber protection missions over Europe.
rationing When the Office of Price Administration restricted the amount of goods the public could have.
WAFS Female pilots who delivered new aircraft from factories to military bases.
War Production Board It directed the move from peacetime to war in our nation's economy.
island hopping Strategy used against the Japanese. Attack island, build airstrip, attack another island further away. Some islands bypassed.
Wolfpacks Groups of German U-boats that attacked allied shipping.