America x WWII Flashcards
the first peacetime draft in American history
Selective Training and Service Act
transferred over 350,000 acres to the War Department deemed for the construction of military bases
Department of Agriculture
___ _______ were given physical examinations and injections against smallpox and typhoid
new recruits
launched the “double V’ campaign to stop the racism at home, and Hitler’s racism abroad
the Pittsburgh Courier
the highest ranking African American officer (at the rank of brigadier general)
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
the first African American Air Force Unit, the 99th pursuit squadron, the pilots were known as
the Tuskegee Airmen
the airmen helped win the ___ _ ___ in Italy
Battle of ANzio
three other Tuskegee
332nd Fighter Group
second generation Japanese Americans
100th Infantry Battalion
how many Hispanic Americans received the Congressional medal of honor
17
Navajo marines
“code talkers”
congress allowed the first women in the military with the creation of the
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)
this was replaced with the
Women’s Army Corps (WAC)
300 women serving in the air force in more than 12,000 flights to deliver planes to war effort
Women Air force Service Pilots (WASPs)
government contract to pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item, plus a guaranteed percentage
cost-plus
made loans to companies wanting to convert to war production
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
FDR created the ___ ___ ___ that business leaders served on
National Defense Advisory Committee
the growth of California cities in the deep south led to a new industrial region known as the***
Sun Belt
FDR created the ___ ___ ___ to coordinate government housing programs
National Housing Agency (NHA)
created to regulate wages and certain prices
Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supplies (OPACS) and the Office of Economic Stabilization (OES)
tried to prevent strikes
War Labor Board (WLB)
limiting the purchases of many products to make sure enough were available for military use
rationing
the ___’s role was to improve the public’s understanding of the war and to act as a liaison office with various media ***
Office of War Information (OWI)
commander of the US Navy in the Pacific***
Nimitz
leader of the bombing of Tokyo***
Doolittle
the march of 78,000 men of 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp***
The Bataan Death March
the growth of California cities in the deep south led to a new industrial region known as the***
Sun Belt
FDR created the ___ ___ ___ to coordinate government housing programs
National Housing Agency (NHA)
created to regulate wages and certain prices
Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supplies (OPACS) and the Office of Economic Stabilization (OES)
tried to prevent strikes
War Labor Board (WLB)
limiting the purchases of many products to make sure enough were available for military use
rationing
the ___’s role was to improve the public’s understanding of the war and to act as a liaison office with various media ***
Office of War Information (OWI)
commander of the US Navy in the Pacific***
Nimitz
leader of the bombing of Tokyo***
Doolittle
the march of 78,000 men of 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp***
The Bataan Death March
desert fox and commander of the “Afrika Korps”***
Erwin Rommel
“divine wind” in Japanese is ___***
kamikaze
the largest naval battle in history***
the Battle of Leyte Gulf
the turning point in the war in the Pacific
the Battle of Midway
a major supply route for Britain in Egypt
the Suez Canal
Americans were outmaneuvered and outfought
Battle of Kassarine Pass
the general in charge of the battle of Kassarine Pass was fired and ___ ____ took his place
General Patton
this city controlled the Volga river and was a major railroad junction
Stalingrad
this battle put the Germans on the defensive
the Battle of Stalingrad
FDR and Churchill agreed to step up the bombing of Germany in the
Casablanca Conference
the Allies agreed to attack the Axis on the island of
Sicily
___ ____ commanded the invasion of Sicily
General Eisenhower
Generals ___& ___ led the ground forces in the invasion of Sicily
Montgomery and Patton
the king of Italy, ___ ____ and a group of Italian Generals decided it was time to “dispose” of Mussolini
Victor Emmanuel
______ ____ seized northern Italy (including Rome) and returned Mussolini to power
German troops
the terrain near ___ was steep, rocky and barren
Cassino
the Allies landed at ___, behind German lines
Anzio
the ___ ____ was one of the bloodiest in the war, with more than 300,000 casualties
Italian campaign
Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill met in ____, Iran
Tehran
At Cairo, Egypt, Roosevelt selected general Eisenhower to be in command of ____ ____ also known as D-Day
Operation overlord
Hitler put Rommel in charge of fortifying the French coast along the English channel all the way up along the coast at Norway, which is known as the
Atlantic Wall
the real target was farther south, a 60 mile stretch of five beaches along the
Normandy Coast
this was one of the largest decisions in WWII
the selection of the site for the largest amphibious landing in history
the first opportunity for the invasion was when
June 5-7, 1944
The United States attacked
Omaha and Utah
Great Britain attacked
Gold
Canada attacked
Juno
Two countries (France & Britain) attacked at
Sword
