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Acronyms WWII People
WWII Battles
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G.I.
• Government Issue
OPA
• Office of Price Administration
WAAC
• Woman's Auxiliary Army Corps
WPB
• War Production Board
OSRD
• Office of Scientific Research and Development.
Symbolized women in the work place
• Rosie the Riveter
Civil Rights Leader who threatened FDR with a March on Washington
• A. Philip Randolph
The United States Military Expanded to 15 million
through passing what Act
• Selective Service Act
The Army Chief of Staff who pushed for the formation of
WAAC
• George Marshall
This office was responsible for fighting
inflation•OPA
•Office of Price Administration
This “Slap Happy” General helped to Liberate Paris.
• George Patton
Known as the “Desert Fox” he was defeated in North Africa
• Erwin Rommel
This Scientist was responsible for warning FDR about the dangers of Atomic
energy
• Einstein
Supreme Allied commander of Europe
• Dwight Eisenhower
He was ultimately responsible for the decision to drop the
Atomic Bomb
• Harry Truman
The Allied first Amphibious invasion occurred where?
• North Africa
Convoys, U Boats, Sonar, Radar Helped Allied forces
win this battle
• Battle of the Atlantic
The Code Name for the Allied Invasion of Europe/ France
• Operation Overlord
This Pearl Harbor style raid hit Tokyo, caught the
Japanese by complete
• Doolittle’s Raid
The Code Name for the Allied Invasion of North Africa
• Operation Torch
Leap-frogging or bypassing Japanese strong Holds
• Islanding Hopping
Japanese Suicide bombers were know as
• Kamikaze
This was THE MAJOR turning Point of the War in the Pacific
• Midway
While leaving the Philippines islands this general vowed “
I shall Return”
• Douglas Macarthur
This island was the last defensive strong hold for Japan
• Okinawa
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Holocaust
Earl Cold War
Cold War at Home
50’s Cold War
This former Vietnam POW and current Senator from Arizona
, hopes to win the Republican Presidential
Nomination
John Mccain
“WiFi” refers to
• Wireless Communication
This country has been accused of sending toxic toys
to the US
• China
The most dominate basketball player in the
Social Studies department
• MR. MAC!!!!!
“Going Green” refers to
environmentally friendly products
Laws which stripped Jews of their rights
• Nuremberg Laws
Jewish refugee ship, turned away on the coast of Florida
• St. Louis
Most Concentration Camps were located in
• Poland
Jews were confined into dilapidated building in the worst
part of town called.
• Ghettos
Nazi leaders were tried for various War crime/ crimes
against Humanities at
• Nuremberg Trials
Turkey and Greece received 400 Million in Military &
Economic Aid from• Truman Doctrine
This provided 12 Billion in Economic Aid to Western
Europe
• Marshall Plan
U.S.& British efforts to fly food supplies to West Berlin
• Berlin Airlift
South Korea’s Non-Communist Leader
• Syngman Rhee
This couple was convicted of espionage for giving atomic
secrets to the Soviets
• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
This Rutgers Alum had his passport revoked for refusing
to sign a Affidavit
• Paul Robeson
Overthrowing the government from within
•
Subversion
This Aid for FDR was convicted of perjury
• Alger Hiss
McCarthy Downfall began when he challenged this
group
• The Army
Name of the spy plane pilot who was captured by Soviet
Union
• Francis Gary Powers
He took Control of the Soviet Union following the Death of
Stalin• Nikita Khrushchev
High Flying U.S. spy plane
• U-2
He was ultimately responsible for the decision
to drop the Atomic Bomb
• President Truman
The United states promise to help any country in the middle
east threatened by communism
• Eisenhower Doctrine
After West Germany Joined NATO The Soviet Union
formed
• Warsaw Pact
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