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Naftel Warm-up #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| D-day | Operation Overlord day allies invaded France |
| Omar Bradley | American General in charge of D-day Kamikaze |
| Battle of the Buldge | last German offensive |
| VE Day | Victory in Europe day Germans surrender |
| Nurenburg Trials | 1st time in history after WWll tried Germans and some Japanese |
| Marshall Plan | American tax payers rebuilt Europe to prevent WWIII stop spread of communism |
| Bataan Death March | WWll philippines japan took american and philipine soldiers hostage made march to depot |
| Island Hopping | skip around heavily armed islands created by MacArthur |
| MacArthur | American General in charge of army in the pacific theatre |
| Numitz | Admiral in charge of Navy |
| Pearl Harbor | Dec 7, 1941 b/c of sending supplies to other countries and put embargo on japan |
| Admiral Yamamoto | planned pearl harbor said it was a bad idea |
| Battle of Britian | Germany vs. Brittian air battle Brittian won |
| Winston Churchill | prime minister during WWll |
| Eisenhower | supreme allied commander |
| Patton | 3 star general in charge of 3rd star division |
| Allied Powers | Soviet Union Brittian US France Russia |
| FDR | 4 terms NEw York |
| Degaul | French WWll |
| Axis Powers | Italy Germany Japan |
| Mussolini | Italian leader WWll |
| Hitler | Germany |
| Lend-lease Act | Before pear harbor Battle of B = lend or lease anything but troops (B, China, India) |
| Mobilization | getting ready for war |
| Internment | (camps) prisoned Japanese worried about spies after pearl harbor middle of country |