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George Marshall

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Army Chief of Staff General who pushed for the formation of Women's Auxiliary Army Corps to meet the growing need for military's work force.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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American General who began in North Africa and became the Commander of Allied forces in Europe.

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D-Day Invasion

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Allied troops landed at Normandy Beach to start liberating France from German control

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Office of Price Administration (OPA)

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an agency established by Congress to control inflation during World War II

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Battle of the Bulge

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December, 1944-January, 1945 - After recapturing France, the Allied advance became stalled along the German border. In the winter of 1944, Germany staged a massive counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg which pushed a 30 mile "bulge" into the Allied lines. The Allies stopped the German advance and threw them back across the Rhine with heavy losses.

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WPB (War Production Board)

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decided which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production

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OSRD

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Office of Scientific Research and Development

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Rosie the Riveter

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symbol of American women who went to work in factories during the war

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A. Philip Randolph

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Black leader, who threatens a march to end discrimination in the work place; Roosevelt gives in with companies that get federal grants.

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Tuskegee Airmen

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332 Fighter Group famous for shooting down over 200 enemy planes. African American pilots who trained at the Tuskegee flying school.

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Liberation of Death Camps

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As the Allies in German and Soviets in Poland begin to liberate concentration camps, they find starving prisoners, corpses, and terrible evidence of killing.

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Hawaiian Nisei

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Ethnicity of the 100th Battalion also known as the Purple Heart Battallion

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Omar Bradley

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American general who led the ground forces at D Day

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Italian campaign (1943)

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The allied campaign to take Italy. It took 18 months, from 1943-1944. Italy surrendered after many beach landings and other dangerous tactics.

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Manhattan Project

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A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.

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Battle of Stalingrad

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Battle during which the Red Army forced the Germans out of Stalingrad

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George Patton

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Allied Commander of the Third Army. Was instrumental in winning the Battle of the Bulge. Considered one of the best military commanders in American history.

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Rationing

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Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military

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WAAC

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Women's Auxiliary Army Corps

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War in the Atlantic

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Unrestricted submarine warfare that cripples US efforts in the war. Ends with the invention of radar

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