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Merchant Marines
Fleet of U.S. civilian-owned merchant vessels, operated by either the government or the private sector, that engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United States. -
Concentration Camps
Where millions of ordinary people were enslaved as part of the war effort, often starved, tortured and killed -
George S. Patton
Was an American general in World War Two.Build up the power of U.S. armored forces. -
Tuskegee Airmen
popular name of a group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Corps -
Douglas MacArthur
an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. -
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Chester Nimitz from Fredricksburg commanded the US fleet in the Pacific -
Flying Tigers
Popular name of the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941-1942. -
Holocaust,
The period of oppression, incarceration, exploitation and annihilation that was initiated and executed by Nazi Germany and some other Axis countries against people of the Jewish race between 1939 and 1945. -
George Marshall
Known as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II. Served as the United States Army Chief of Staff during the war and as the chief military adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
, Bataan Death March
The Battle of Bataan is famous in history as one of the last stands of American and Filipino soldiers before they were overwhelmed by the Japanese forces in World War II. The Bataan Death March was named for this province, where the infamous march started. This is also a location of Bataan Nuclear Power Plant located in Municipality of Morong. -
Island Hopping
American strategy in the Pacific during World War II. It involved a leapfrogging movement of American forces from one strategic island to the next until American forces were in control of the Pacific and prepared to invade Japan. -
Dwight Eisenhower
Allies Supreme Commander in the lead up to D-Day and in the actual landings in Normandy. He commanded the Allied forces in the last great counter-attack by the Germans in World War Two -
Battle of Midway
Destroyed Japan’s naval strength when the Americans destroyed four of its aircraft carriers. Japan’s navy never recovered from its mauling at Midway and it was on the defensive after this battle. -
Multiple Front War
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Omar Bradley
field commander in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy and during the Western Europe Offensive. -
D-Day Invasion
Allies invaded the beaches with over 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes, over 150,000 service men, but only after weeks of preparation. Men would run onto the beaches with as much as eighty pounds of equipment on their backs.Around 7:25 AM allied forces, British and Canadian armies, invade the shores of "Gold" and "Juno" -
Operation Overlord
as the phase in the Western front of World War II that was fought in 1944 between German forces and the invading Allied forces. -
Congressional Medal of Honor
The highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty. -
Conventional Weapons
Weapons that are in relatively wide use that are not weapons of mass destruction.These weapons use explosive material based on chemical energy, as opposed to nuclear energy in nuclear weapons. -
Navajo Code Talkers
Describe people who talk using a coded language. It is frequently used to describe Native Americans -
Potsdam Conference
Stalin, Churchill, and Truman—as well as Attlee, who participated alongside Churchill while awaiting the outcome of the 1945 general election, and then replaced Churchill as Prime Minister after the Labour Party's victory over the Conservatives. -
Liberty Ships
slow cargo ship built during World War II. -
Atomic Weapons
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.
