14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
George C. Marshall- cheif of staff of the US Military during WWII. Only person above Marshall was the president.
Henry Kaiser- owner of a ship building company.
George Patton- one of the best US generals ever. was full of himself, carried an ivory pistol.
Bradley- us general. involved in D-Day operations
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord June 6, 1944
allied invasion of nazi controlled france
conducted in two phases
1. airborne assault landing of 24000 british, american, canadian, and free french airborne troops shortly after midnight
2. an amphibious landing of allied infantry and armored divisions on the coast of france starting at 6:30 am
-there were also decoy operations to distact the germanforces from the real landing areas
-the operation was the largest amphibious invasion on world history with over 160,000 troops
-roughly 10000 allied causulties (6,600 us)
16. Battle of the Bulge
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
18. VE Day
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
island hopping- military strategy where you hit an island, skip a few and hit the main ones on the way toward japan
Dec. 7, 1941- in the philippines.
-under US control
-taken over by japan
bataan death march- took place in march 1942. american and pgilippino soldiers forced to march 60 miles. 6,000-11,000 deaths. japenese officials faced war crimes trials after the war. May 30, 2009 officially apologized.
20. Navajo Code Talkers
secret language
important to WWII and keeping our info secret
didn't give credit to the talkers until 1982
medals given to code talkers or code talkers family
21. Doolittle's Raid
22. Manhattan Project
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
26. Yalta Conference
27. Nuremburg Trials
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
29. Why we won WWII.
henry kaiser- owner of a ship company. Made it possible for the US to make more ships than all other countries combined.
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