1. U.S. History Chapter 17 George Marshall Developed the Europe First strategy because Hitler was more of a threat than the Japanese. Pushed for the formation of WAAC.

2. U.S. History Chapter 17 Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps Women taking on non-combat roles that had been previously done by soldiers. George Marshall proclaimed that women could do these jobs better

3. U.S. History Chapter 17 A Phillip Randolph Fought discrimination in the military and war industries Encouraged FDR to give an executive order to provide for full and equitable participation and hiring

4. U.S. History Chapter 17 Manhattan Project The development of the atomic bomb Robert Oppenheimer leader of the project (10 mile radius)

5. U.S. History Chapter 17 Office of Price Admin. Fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods.

6. U.S. History Chapter 17 War Production Board Decided which companies would convert to wartime production and allocated raw materials to key industries

7. U.S. History Chapter 17 Rationing The OPA also set up fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, gasoline

8. U.S. History Chapter 17 Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Western Europe.

9. U.S. History Chapter 17 Tuskegee Airmen The first group of African American Airmen trained at the Tuskegee Institute, 99 th Pursuit Squadron. Won 2 Distinguished Unit Citations

10. U.S. History Chapter 17 D-Day June 6, 1944 Allied landing at Normandy, France. This is the beginning of the taking back of France. Largest invasion in History

11. U.S. History Chapter 17 Bradley & Patton Two top US Generals that led the fight to liberate Paris from 4 years of German occupation

12. U.S. History Chapter 17 Battle of the Bulge Last German Offensive. Battle lasted for a monthLast German Offensive. Battle lasted for a month

13. U.S. History Chapter 17 Navajo Code Talkers 400 Navajo were recruited into the Marine Corps as code talkers to transmit telephone and radio messages. Very instrumental in winning the war

14. U.S. History Chapter 17 Audie Murphy The most decorated American Soldier of World War II

15. U.S. History Chapter 17 Harry S. Truman Takes over as President with FDR’s death on April 12, 1945

16. U.S. History Chapter 17 V-E Day May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe

17. U.S. History Chapter 17 Douglass MacArthur Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Pacific “I shall return.” in regards to the Philippines after the Bataan Death March

18. U.S. History Chapter 17 Chester Nimitz Commander of American Naval Forces in the Pacific

19. U.S. History Chapter 17 Doolittle’s Raid Spring of 1942, Air raid on Tokyo led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle US immediate response to Pearl Harbor

20. U.S. History Chapter 17 Midway The turning point in the “Island Hopping” campaign for the United States in the Pacific

21. U.S. History Chapter 17 Coral Sea Five day battle that stopped the Japanese drive toward Australia

22. U.S. History Chapter 17 Iwo Jima Critical to the Island Hopping campaign because it gave the United States a base from which heavily loaded bombers could reach Japan

23. U.S. History Chapter 17 Okinawa Gave a foretaste of what an invasion of Japan might entail. Churchill predicted at least 1 million American deaths in an invasion of Japan

24. U.S. History Chapter 17 Kamikaze “Divine Wind” Japanese Mentality It is an honor to die for your country. If they didn't die for their country they would be disgraced.

25. U.S. History Chapter 17 Hiroshima August 6, 1945 Enola Gay First Atomic Bomb

26. U.S. History Chapter 17 Nagasaki August 9, 1945 Second Atomic Bomb Japanese Surrender Formal surrender Sept 2, 1945 USS Missouri

27. U.S. History Chapter 17 Nuremberg Trials Trial of Nazi war leaders who were charged with “crimes against humanity” Entrenched the principle of individual responsibility into international law

28. U.S. History Chapter 17 GI Bill of Rights Provided education and training for American Veterans Paid for by the United States Government

29. U.S. History Chapter 17 James Farmer Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) An interracial organization to confront urban segregation in the North.

30. U.S. History Chapter 17 Internment Camps In the United States there was an extreme fear of anyone of Japanese decent, especially in CA. The Rose Bowl was moved to North Carolina because of fear of a Japanese invasion. County Fairgrounds, Santa Anita, and others were used as an internment camps. (not just Japanese, Italians and Germans as well)

31. U.S. History Chapter 17 Japanese American Citizens League After World War II, this organization pushed the US government to compensate those sent to internment camps for their lost property.