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He wrote a letter to President Roosevelt about the need to proceed with atomic development
Albert Einstein
Commander of the Allied invasion of North Africa
Dwight Eisenhower
Commander of the United States Army forces in Asia
Douglas MacArthur
This bloody conflict raged from 1936 until 1939
Spanish Civil War
The goal of this was to destroy Germany's capacity to make war
Strategic Bombing
Flying by night in order to avoid being shot down in large numbers
Saturation Bombing
Hideki Tojo
He asserted that African Americans would no longer accept second-class citizenship
A. Phillip Randolph
This physicist was one of the primer leaders of the Manhattan Project
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Commander of the United States Navy in the Pacific
Chester Nimitz
Where members of specially designated groups were confined
Concentration Camp
Where prisoners were systematically exterminated
Death Camp
Fought in the Italian campaign and became the most decorated military unit in American history
442nd Regimental Combat Team
This escorted bombers and protected them from enemy fighter pilots
Tuskegee Airmen
Annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group
Genocide
This is considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific
Battle of Midway
More than 7000 American and Filipino troops died during this grueling journey
Bataan Death March
Where the Big Three agreed that Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania would hold free elections
Yalta Conference
An international agreement governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war
Geneva Convention
Where the Allies persecuted Nazis for war crimes
Nuremberg Trials
Germany, Italy, and Japan signed this in September of 1940
Tripartite Pact
This allowed belligerent nations to buy goods and arms in the U.S. pay cash and carry on their ships
Neutrality Pact
This helped to rekindle hope for the American military in the Pacific
Battle of Coral Sea
This agreement was supposed to preserve "peace in our time"
Munich Pact
A document that endorsed self-determination and an international system of "general security"
Atlantic Charter