Study Guide 2sb Flashcards
This was a policy requested by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
meaning any country that wanted something from the US that they produce, and you have the money we will sell it to you but you have to come over and get it yourself
Cash n Carry
He was known as “The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy”. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Georgia.
Carl Vinson
This was a political term applied to voters in the Southern United States who voted solely for candidates who represented the Democratic Party.
Yellow dog democrats
Occurred in 1940 this was the first time this had happened during peace-time. It was supposed to last a year but was voted to be extended.
first peace-time draft
Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. He was mentioned by name in Adolf Hitler’s speech of December 11, 1941, in which Hitler asked for a German declaration of war against the United States.
Frank Knox
This mandated a 20% increase in strength of the United States Navy”.[1] It represented the United States’ response to the Japanese invasion of China and the German annexation of Austria
‘Vinson Acts’-$4 billion for defense
a U.S. policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as “the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.”
Monroe Doctrine
- They were three fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF), formed with volunteer pilots from the United States during the early days of World War II
- first Americans involved in WW2
Eagle Squadrons
It outlined a permanent plan for mutual defense overseas between the United States and Canada.
Ogdensburg Agreement
They were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied Powers.
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
This was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for which Congress appropriated money to “the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.” By allowing the transfer of supplies without compensation to Britain, China, the Soviet Union and other countries, the act permitted the United States to support its war interests without being overextended in battle.
Lend-Lease enacted
Draft Law extended-by one vote in the House
Selective service act of 1940
The Germans were invading France and the British were forced to leave, retreat was a victory for allies.
Dunkerk
Third united navy Nimitz class navel carrier
USS Carl Vinson
Hitlers field marshal as the beginning of the war
Field marshal Hermann Goering
Journalist who reported on the German bombings in London
Edward Murrow
Secretary of War who oversaw the Manhattan project
Henry L. Stimson
Admiral in US Navy protests against re-deployment of the pacific portion of the fleet
Admiral James Otto Richardson
Agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt about post war Europe
Atlantic Charter
Commander of Pearl Harbor was four star general demoted to 2 star after bombing
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Commander of the base during Pearl Harbor
Lt. General Walter C. Short
Known as the father of the united nations. Roosevelts secretary of state
Cordell Hull
Method of transferring things from ship to ship while underway
Replenishment by Sea
Where american troops surrendered to the Japanese.
Commander executed 98 civilians.
Wake Island 23 Dec 1941
Fought in the first WW
General that was defeated at the battle of Singapore
Lt-General Arthur E. Percival
Commander of the pacific forces when the Japanese surrendered
General Douglas MacArthur
Philippine and American battle over the US
Luzon 22 Dec 1942
Pilitical party the was in Africa
SWAPO & Rest of Pacific
Took command of Pearl Harbor after the attack. Was commander of Hiroshima and Okinawa
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Tokyo Raid
Doolittle Raid
US war plans
Rainbow 5 Plans
Conference that discusses post war reorganization
Yalta
Allied attack on this port where the Germans won
Dieppe
First american soldier to be killed by the germams
Lt Edward Loustalot
British american invasion of north Africa
Operation Torch
Nazi’s occupied france
Vichy France
French general who was captured during both WW’s and escaped both times.
He commanded French troops in north Africa
General Henri H. Giraud
Field commander of the U.S. military. Led troops in north Africa.
He was loved by his men.
Lt. General George Patton
His men hated him…pretty much bad at everything. Major commander at the battle at the torch. Replace by general George Patton
Lt. General Lloyd Fredendall
French admiral and political figure. Served in pro German general regime. He was given a deal by the allies to command french forces in south Africa and was assassinated.
Admiral Jean Louis Darlan-Vichy
First paratrooper
Brig. General William T. Ryder
Successful British dis-information campaign
Operation Mincemeat
The invasion of Sicily
Operation Husky
British field marshal that led troops into northern Africa. He was known for being very hard to get along with.
Field Marshall Bernard L. Montgomery
Chief of staff of the US Army
Held as the organizer of the war…look it up -_-
General George C. Marshall, Jr.
Deception plan across Germany to deceive the Germans about the landing of D-Day
Operation Fortitude
Smiling dude
General who was considered the most strategic general of the German forces. Led the Germans into the Italian peninsula.
Field Marshall Albert Kesselring
