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War Production Board
in charge of converting factories to war production
Office of War Mobilization
coordinated all government agencies involved in the war effort during WWII
Selective Training and Service Act
law providing for the first peacetime draft in US HistoryDou
Douglas MacArthur
was the commander of 30,000 & 110,000 Filipino troops
Bataon Death March
forced march of US and Filipino prisoners during WWII up the Batoan Peninsula over 10,000 died
Chester Nimitz
commander of the US Pacific Fleet
Battle of the Coral Sea
the Allies stopped the Japanese advance on Australia
Battle of Midway
the Allied forces crippled Japan's navy
Erwin Rommel
commanded the German Afrika Korps
Bernard Montgomery
commanded ther British troops in WWII