Chapter 25

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George Marshall

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Army Chief of Staff General pushed for the formation of a Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC).

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A. Philip Randolph

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president and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the nation’s most respected African-American labor leader, organized a march on Washington.

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War Production Board (WPB)

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n. an agency established during World War II to coordinate the production of military supplies by U.S. Industries.

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rationing

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n. a restriction of people’s right to buy unlimited amounts of particular foods and other goods, often implemented during wartime to ensure adequate supplies for the Military.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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launched Operation Torch, an invasion of Axis controlled North Africa

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D-Day

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n. a name given to June 6, 1944—the day on which the Allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during World War II.

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Omar Bradley

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On July 25, unleashed massive air and land bombardment against the enemy at St. L , providing a gap in the German line of defense

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General George Patton

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General George Patton and his Third Army advanced through the gap in the german line of defense.

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Battle of the Bulge

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n. a month-long battle of World War II, in which the Allies succeeded in turning back the last major German offensive of the war.

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V-E Day

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n. a name given to May 8, 1945, “Victory in Europe Day” on which General Eisenhower’s acceptance of the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany marked the end of World War II in Europe.

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Harry S. Truman

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Vice President became the nation’s 33rd president.

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General Douglas MacArthur

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At the time of the Japanese invasion in December 1941, was in command of Allied forces on the islands.

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Chester Nimitz

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the commander of American naval forces in the Pacific, moved to defend the island.

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Battle of Midway

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n. a World War II battle that took place in early June 1942. The Allies decimated the Japanese fleet at Midway, an island lying northwest of Hawaii. The Allies then took the offensive in the Pacific and began to move closer to Japan.

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kamikaze

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adj. involving or engaging in the deliberate crashing of a bomb-filled airplane into a military target.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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American scientist, the development of the atomic bomb was not only the most ambitious scientific enterprise in history, it was also the best-kept secret of the war.

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Hiroshima

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a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay released an atomic bomb, code- named Little Boy, over Hiroshima, an important Japanese military center.

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Nagasaki

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Three days later, a second bomb, code-named Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki, leveling half the city.

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GI Bill of Rights

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n. a name given to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, a 1944 law that provided financial and educational benefits for World War II veterans.

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internment

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n. confinement or a restriction in movement, especially under wartime conditions.

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Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)

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n. an organization that pushed the U.S. government to compensate Japanese Americans for property they had lost when they were interned during World War II.