People
Highest ranking officer in the US military
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
What was president Roosevelt's first name?
Franklin
Mobilizing the American economy for WWII created almost 19 million new jobs and finally ended what?
The Great Depression
The date chosen to begin Operation Overlord
D-Day
Area of France where the Allied invasion force landed
Normandy
Commander of the US Navy in the Pacific
Chester Nimitz
American general in overall command of the Allied invasion of France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nearly one-third of all American military equipment made during WWII was manufactured by what industry?
Automobile
Turning point in the war that stopped the Japanese advance in the pacific
Battle of Midway
How did Navajo soldiers help the Allies regain islands in the Pacific during the war?
The Navajo soldiers used their native language to code messages the Japanese could not decipher
Led the American team of engineers and scientists building the atomic bomb
Robert Oppenheimer
American general who said "I shall return" upon evacuating the Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
During WWII women were recruited to the US military to do what
Ensure men were available for combat
Japan's goal in attacking Midway Island was to cut supply lines from ___________ to ____________.
America to Australia
The last desperate German offensive of the war became known as
The Battle of the Bulge
American general who helped turn the German lines back during the Battle of the Bulge
George S. Patton
Who led troops that broke through the line at Battle of the Bulge
George Patton
What changes were brought about in the workforce by the Executive Order 8802?
It expanded job opportunities for African Americans and brought many new workers into the work force
In 1942 Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt agreed to attack the edges of the German empire because they believed what?
Their countries were not ready to launch a full-scale invasion of Europe
The secret American program to build an atomic bomb was called
the Manhattan Project
American general in command of forces landing at Omaha Beach
Omar Bradley
In November 1942 the American invasion of North Africa began under the command of who?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Why was the Executive Oder 8802 necessary?
The defense industry needed more workers to support the war effort
Why was the Battle of Stalingrad important?
It put Germans on the defensive for the rest of the war
Iwo Jima was an important objective for the American military because....
US planes could bomb Japan from there