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1.

GEORGE MARSHALL

  • Pushed for the formation of the Women's Auxilary Army Corps
Photo by cliff1066™
2.

WOMEN'S AUXILIARY ARMY CORPS

  • A organization pushing for women volunteers to serve in noncombat positions
Photo by marsmet501
3.

A. PHILIP RANDOLPH

  • President and founder of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters and the most respected african-american laborer leader
Photo by aflcio
4.

MANHATTAN PROJECT

  • Became the code name for research work that extended across the country
Photo by djwudi
5.

OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION

  • The OPA fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods
Photo by brizzle born and bred
6.

WAR PRODUCTION BOARD

  • Controlled inflation, the government needed to ensure that the armed forces recieved resources
Photo by DonkeyHotey
7.

RATIONING

  • Establishing fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military
Photo by HerryLawford
8.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

  • He launched an invasion on North Africa
Photo by jimbowen0306
9.

D-DAY

  • June 6, 1944
  • The first day of the invasion
Photo by Michal Osmenda
10.

OMAR BRADLEY

  • Unleashed a massive air and land bombardment against the enemy
Photo by PhotosNormandie
11.

GEORGE PATTON

  • Had his third army
  • A general for WW2
Photo by Jimmy Big Potatoes
12.

BATTLE OF THE BULGE

  • Tanks drove 60 miles into allied territory creating a bulge in the lines
Photo by England
13.

V-E DAY

  • On May 8, 1945 the allies celebrated Victory in Europe Day
Photo by TaranRampersad
14.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

  • Was a vice president then became the nations 33 president
Photo by cliff1066™
15.

CHESTER NIMITZ

  • The commander of American naval forces in the pacific
Photo by cliff1066™
16.

BATTLE OF MIDWAY

  • Was a turning point in the pacific war.
  • Started island hopping
Photo by Konabish ~ Greg Bishop
17.

KAMIKAZE

  • Suicide-plane, attack in which Japanese crashed their bombed planes.
Photo by Talie
18.

J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

  • Directed the development of the atomic bomb
Photo by x-ray delta one
19.

HIROSHIMA

  • An important Japanese military center
Photo by woohoo!!
20.

NAGASAKI

  • The place where the second bomb was dropped leveling half the city
Photo by l e o j
21.

NUREMBERG TRIALS

  • The defendants and hitlers party officials were there for crimes against humanity
Photo by Adam Jones, Ph.D. - Global Photo Archive
22.

GI BILL OF RIGHTS

  • Congress passed the servicemans readjustment act
  • Help ease the transition of returnign servicemen
Photo by Randy Wick
23.

JAMES FARMER

  • Founder of an interracial organization called the congress of racial equality
Photo by cliff1066™
24.

CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY

  • To confront urban segregation in the north
  • Founded by James Farmer
Photo by dbking
25.

INTERNMENT

  • The confinement of 1,444 Japanese Americans
Photo by Caterina83
26.

JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE

  • Pushed the government to compensate those sent to the camps for their lost property
Photo by takomabibelot
27.

UNITED NATIONS

  • The most visible symbol of the hope to world peace
Photo by Tomás Fano
28.

SATELLITE NATIONS

  • Countries dominated by the soviet nation
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
29.

CONTAINMENT

  • Proposed by an american diplomat in moscow
Photo by bark
30.

COLD WAR

  • A conflict between the US and the Soviet Union
Photo by netzanette
31.

TRUMAN DOCTRINE

  • truman said that "it must be the policy of the US to support the free peoples"
Photo by hometownzero
32.

MARSHALL PLAN

  • Revived European hopes.
Photo by cliff1066™
33.

BERLIN AIRLIFT

  • To fly food and supplies into the West Berlin
Photo by x-ray delta one
34.

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

  • A defensive military alliance comprised of 12 nations
Photo by U.S. Army Europe Images
35.

CHIANG KAI-SHEK

  • Nationalist government
  • Chinese struggled against them for 2 years
Photo by Arabani
36.

MAO ZEDONG

  • Lead the communists
  • Gained strength throughout the country
Photo by HKmPUA
37.

TAIWAN

  • Westerners called it formosa
  • Where Chiang and the remnants of his failed government fled to
Photo by Sprengben [why not get a friend]
38.

38TH PARALLEL

  • 38 degrees north latitude surrendered to the Soviets
Photo by Aquila
39.

H-BOMB

  • A hydrogen bomb
  • Has an estamated force of 1 million toms of tnt
  • 76 times the power of the bomb dropped on hiroshima
Photo by x-ray delta one
40.

BRINKSMANSHIP

  • The willingness of the US to go to the edge of all out war.
Photo by nrg_crisis

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