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guaranteed profits for businesses
on the quick production of war materials
The growth and expansion of cities in California and the Deep South created a new industrial region
What is the sunbelt
An amphibious tractor used to move troops for ships to shore
What is an amphtrac
a system in which merchant ships travel with navalvessels for protection.
A convoy system
The outer boundary of something
what is the periphery
the purpose of the National Defense AdvisoryCommittee
what is to help businesses and the government work together on war production
a squadron of African Americanpilots who flew 200 missions without a single casualty
Who were the Tuskegee Airman
World War II affected the average working-class family in this way
What is it brought them into the mainstream of society.
They ensured that no federal agency or war factory could discriminate on the basis of race.
What was Executive Order 8802 and the Fair Employment Practices Commission
The U.S. strategy in the Pacific to reach Japan
What was island-hopping
The difficulty with this strategy was that U.S. troops had to wade ashore, and only one in three survived to reach the beaches
What was island hopping
This was Japan do in response to the Doolittle Raid
What was they planned an attack on Midway island
_______ was considered a turning point in the war in the Pacific after America destroyed four Japanese carriers and driving Yamamoto to retreat was considered a turn
What was Midway
A group of Navajo soldiers who encoded, transmitted, and decoded messages for the U.S. in the Pacific.
Who were Navajo "code talkers"
On April 18, 1942, American bombs fell on Japan for the first time when American aircraft carriers’ usual short-range bombers were replaced with
What are B-25 bombers
Prime Minister Churchill's suggestion to President Roosevelt about how to handle Germany
What was to to attack the periphery of the German empire.
Hitler's strategy regarding the Soviets
What was to destroy their economy and knock them out of the war.
The purpose of this was for the Allies to get concessions from Stalin in order to plan for an invasion of France
What was the Tehran Conference
This was the codename for the D-Day invasion
What is Operation Overload
so few dates were available to the Allies for the D-Day invasion for this reason
What were several weather and marine factors to consider to make the invasion successful.
The key to Hitler’s strategy to destroy the Soviet Union’s economy
What was capturing Stalingrad
The U.S. army was able to break out ______ after bombers blew a hole in the hedgerows enabling forces to break through the German lines
What was Normandy
This was Hitlers last offensive
What was the Battle of the Bulge
May 8, 1945 became known as
What is V-E Day
Iwo Jima crucial to America in its war with Japan is this way
What was Bombers needed a closer base in order to bomb Tokyo
The U.S.'s secret program to
build an atomic bomb
What was the Manhatten Project
Two factors convinced Emperor Hirohito to surrender to the U.S. unconditionally.
What was use of the atomic bomb on Japan and theSoviets entering the war.
This was the purpose Nuremburg trials was to
What is punish German leaders for war crimes
a garden planted by citizens during war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more for the troops
What is a victory gardens
One part of the American plan for the defeat of Japan called for General Douglas MacArthur’s troops to advance through the Solomon Islands, capture the north coast of New Guinea, and then retake