Chapter 25 Flashcards
When did the US have European victory?
May 8, 1945
When did the US have Japanese victory?
August 14, 1945
George Marshall
USA army chief of staff that pushed for WAAC
Women’s Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)
bill that stated women could perform noncombat positions within army such as nurses, ambulance drivers, pilots, and electricians
A. Philip Randolph
president and co founder of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and a respected black leader against discrimmination
OSRD
group of scientists who made medicines and improved radar and other war help stuff
Manhattan Project
the project of the atomic bomb
War Production Board (WPB)
group that figured out supplies needed for soldiers and collected materials like cans and other useful junk
rationing
established allotment of goods essential for military and life
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American commander of Operation Torch into Africa
D-Day
“Operation Overlord” was the largest land-sea-air operation in war history
Omar Bradley
US General in D-Day of air and land bombardment
George Patton
US General in D-Day of Third Army that freed Paris from German rule
Battle of the Bulge
battle that Germans broke through US and British lines trying to separate them but they lost valuable troops that couldn’t be replaced so it led to Germany’s eventual unconditional surrender
V-E Day
May 8, 1945
