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20 Cards in this Set
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War production board
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made to increase military production
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Office of war mobilization
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coordinated all government agencies involved in the war effort
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Selective Training and service act
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provided the first peacetime draft in U.S. history
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Douglas MacArther
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a general that defended the Philippines with over 100,000 troops at his command
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Bataan Death March
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70,000 survivors were forced to march to a prison camp and10,000 us and Filipino troops die in this march enforce by the japanese
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Chester Nimitz
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commander of the U.S. pacific fleet
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Battle of coral sea
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an important ally victory it stopped the japanese advance on Australia
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Battle of Midway
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the 2nd major naval battle of wwII the japanese seized two aleutian islands to make some of the us fleet come to them while another unit planed to attack midway
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Erwin Rommel
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known as the desert fox he was sent by hitler to command the german afrika corps
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Bernard Montgomery
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lead the british to use the advantages of shortages of the desert fox
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office of war information
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controlled the flow of war news at home
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rosie the riveter
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A symbol of patriotic female defense workers
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A. Philip Randolph
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african american labor leader that planned to march to D.C. to protest discrimination on black workers
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Fair employment Practices Committee
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it investigated companies engaged in defense work to make sure that all qualified applicants were coincided for job openings
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Carlos.E Castaneda
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served as an assistant to the chair of FEPC
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Braceros
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Mexican railroad workers
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Dwight .D Eisenhower
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commanded the invasion force of the us and the british
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George S. Patton
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was the leader of the north Africa campaign who lead the us forces
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Battle of the Atlantic
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a battle that turned in the allies favor
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Sonar
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used sound waves to detect underwater objects
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