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Tuskegee Airmen
African American pilots who trained at Tuskegee Airfield in Alabama for the war.
D-Day
D-Day otherwise known as “Designated Day” was when 156,000 soldiers crossed the English Channel in an attempt to surprise the Axis powers on Normandy beach in France. This attempt was a success and after D-Day soldiers were on a march to free Paris.
Totalitarianism
A political system that controls every bit of Citizens' lives. The governments were inspired by militant nationalist expanding their country's borders as long as the power of their military.
Bataan Death March
A 60-mile march to prisoner camps where many were beaten, and starved by the Japanese.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe.
Internment
Japanese Americans were forced out of their homes because of the war between Japan, and America. Many were forced to be imprisoned. About 115,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned throughout the war.
Fascism
A political system that believed that people who worked inside of the government were more important than the citizens of the country.
Battle of Midway
A surprise attack from America caused the sinking of 4 aircraft carriers and destroyed Japan's army.
War Production Board
To oversee or be in charge of factories changing into war production factories.
Battle of the Coral Sea
A battle with a different strategy and causing the opposing side to not set off a single shot from the ships but instead use planes to their advances. In the end, there was not a clear winner but America did cause Japan to no longer advance.
Zoot-Suit Riots
Discrimination caused many white Americans to attack Mexican Americans.
Battle of Stalingrad
Known as one of the turning points in the war the Battle of Stalingrad caused 1,800,000 soldiers to die. The Soviet victory changed the outcome of the war.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Known as the biggest naval battle in History the battle of Leyte destroyed the Japanese navy causing Japan to not be powerful. After this event, America attempted to stop supplies coming in from other Axis powers so Japan would not be able to gain back strength.
A. Philip Randolph
An African American labor leader who set up a protest for racial rights and for African-Americans serving in the war.
Battle of El Alamein
In the summer of 1942 Italian troops attempted to take control of Northern Africa. British troops stopped the attack with the help of American troops. This battle gave Allied troops full control of Northern Africa.
Island hopping
A war plan that America came up with caused them to not attempt to take all Japanese islands but just the important ones.
Chester Nimitz
Nimitz led an American fleet to stop the Japanese from advancing into the southern Pacific.