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Joseph Stalin-USSR
-Joseph Stalin was a powerful communist leader in the early years of the soviet union. He was a dictator who terrorized the population and send many people to prison and labor camps -
German Expansion
-The German invasion of Western Poland on September 1, 1939 and 1941 the German Army invaded and occupied many countries including France Beligium Western Poland -
Lend Lease Program
-Purpose: Franklin Roosevelt introduced the Lend Lease Program to congress it was intend to help Britain beat back Hitlers advance while keepiing America only indirect involved in wW2 -
Women in the Military
-Auxillary Unit
-Women were doing the office things and themen in the office were shipped over seas to fight -
Battle of Midway
-The Battle Midway Pushed the war tide in favor of the allied powers sinnce if was one of the most decivise US Victoria against Japan
-The US inflicted permant damage on the Japanese Navy -
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Island Hopping
-Island happing was effecting the tide in favor of the allied powers b/c they kept pushing Japanese foces out of the island through the offensive against the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Archipelago which had marred the begining of "Island Hopping Fought between August 1942 & February 1943 eventually succeed in forcing Japan to relinguish the the island -
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Victory Corps
-The purpose of this student organization to and in the war effort on Homefront
-Both girls and boys from White & African American school participated
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Higgins Boats
-Higgins Boat was a landing cratf used extensively in amphibious landing in world war 2 The craft was desidned by andrew higgins based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes
-In July 16, 1945 president Harry Truman decided to use the Atmoic bomb agai -
Douglas Macauthor
-American 5 5 star General and field Marshall of the Philippine Army
-McAuthor was Chief of Staff during WW2 -
Omar Bradley
-Was a senior officer of the U.S. Army
-He was in service in North America and Western Europe during WWII
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D-Day
Effected the war tide for the Allies positively b/c the battle foreshadowed the end of Hitlers dream of Nazi domination D-Day was the largest air land and sea operation undertaken the landing included over 150,000 servise men
-By the end the Allies had reached the Seine River PAns was liberated and the Germans had been removed from Northwestern France effectively concluding the batttle of Normandy -
Korematsu Vs U.S.
-1944 was a land mark United States supreme court case concerning the consitutionality of executive order 9066 , which ordered Japanese americans -
Bataan Death March
-The Bataan Death March happened after the US surrenders of the Bataan Pennsela it arrested the wartide in favor of the axis powers. Allied prisoners. -
Pearl Harbor
-The Japanese royal wavy launched a surprise attack against the Americans killing over 2,400 Americans and Militan -
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Advance Technology In WW2
-Torpedoes was used to destroy submarines & ships from long distance b/c bullets wouldnt go far -
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Advance Technology In WW2
-Torpedoes was used to destroy submarines & ships from long distance b/c bullets wouldnt go far -
Japanese Exponsion
-Japanese expansion in East Asia began in 1931 with the invasion of Manchuria and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on China.On
-On September 27,1940 Japan signed a pack with Germany and Italy then shortly after US had stopped trade with Japan which lead there to attack Us and British forces in Asia so the later on the Japanese had dropped a bomb on Pearl Harbor leading the US to join the WW.