The Battlefield
300 women, as a part of this program, made 12,000 flights to deliver planes to the war effort.
Women Airforce Service Pilots
To deprive of the right to vote.
Disenfranchise
An amphibious tractor used to move troops from ships to ship.
Amphtrac
The 99th Air Pursuit Squadron, which was an all-African American squadron is more famously known as.
The Tuskegee Airmen
A new industrial region in southern California and the Deep South that developed during World War II.
The Sunbelt
During World War II, a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target.
Kamikaze
An archipelago in the Pacific Ocean which the US won in the Spanish-American War. The Japanese captured it early in World War II.
The Philippines
A government contract to pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item plus a guaranteed percentage.
Cost-Plus
The covert operation by the American government to create an atomic bomb.
The Manhattan Project
A decisive battle between the Germans and the Soviet Union for control of a city which bore the name of the Soviet leader. After this battle the Germans were on the defensive for the rest of the war.
The Battle of Stalingrad
A men’s suit with no vest, no cuffs, a short jacket, and narrow lapels, worn during World War II in order to save fabric for the war effort.
Victory Suite
Battle fought between the US and Japan off the coast of New Guinea to protect Australia. The Americans had a strategic advantage because they had broken the encrypted code of the Japanese.
The Battle of Coral Sea
Amphibious assault in Italy which had high casualties and took the Allies five months to break out from the beach.
The Battle of Anzio
Men’s clothing of extreme cut typically consisting of a thigh-length jacket with wide padded shoulders and baggy, pleated pants with narrow cuffs.
Zoot Suite
The final German offensive of World War II. The battle gets its name from the shape that was created by the German push into the Allied lines.
The Battle of the Bulge