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36 Cards in this Set
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war production board
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to increase military production
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office of war mobilization
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coordinated all gov agencies involved in the war effort
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selective training and service act
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the us called the national guard to active duty and passed
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Douglas MacArthur
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general of the Filipinos
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bataan death march
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over 10,000 died
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chester nimitiz
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the commander of the us pacific fleet
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battle of the coral sea
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important allied victory
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battle of midway
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took place early in june
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erwin rommel
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dessert fox
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bernard montgomery
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British general
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rosie the riveter
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the symbol of patriotic female defense workers
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A. Philip Randolph
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planned the march on washington dc
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fair employment practices comm.
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investigates co.
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carlos e castanede
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a assistant
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braceros
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came north to work in the south west during ww11
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zoo-suit riots
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us sailors roamed the city attacking zoo-suit-clad Mexican American youths
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internment
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forced relocation and imprisonment
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Norman Mineta
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a nisei from San Jose, California
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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commanded the invasion of us and British soldiers
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George S. Patton
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a leader during the north Africa campaign
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Battle of the Atlantic
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1943 begin to turn in the allies
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sonar
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equipment to turn in the allies
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George c Marshall
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us army cheif of staff
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d-day
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when they crossed the channel
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omar bradley
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led the us troops that landed at Normandy
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holocaust
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nazi slaughtered the jews
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genocide
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germans began constructing camps
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battle of the bulge
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200,000 Germans attacked
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island hopping
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type of strategy
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battle of leyete gulf
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the last, largest, and most decisive naval engagement in the pacific
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kamikaze
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suicide planes
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battle of okinawa
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perhaps the bloodiest of the war
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Manhattan project
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effort of a group of scientists
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Albert Einstein
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scientist
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Harry S Truman
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faced a grave decide
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Enola Gay
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us b-29 bomber
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