WW2 Flashcards
(35 cards)
Executive Order 9066
forceful relocation of Japanese Americans during ww2
Order 9066 Target
Japanese Americans
Order 9066 Fear
that the Japanese were spies and saboteurs
Order 9066 Location
West Coast (and kinda west of the Mississippi)
The Big Three
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
Allied Strategy
the Big Three countries target Germany
Battle of the Atlantic
German submarine attempts to strangle Britain
Bataan Death March
brutal March of POWs through the Philippines by Japan
Amount of Bataan March Victims
60-80k
Battle of Midway
American interception of Japan taking Midway
Operation Torch
Allied invasion of North Africa
Operation Torch Location
North Africa
Operation Husky
Allied invasion of Axis airfields
Operation Husky Location
Sicily
Strategic Bombing
Bombing cities to lower resources and moral
Strategic Bombing Controversy
high German civilian casualties
Strategic Bombing Expense
high loss rate of pilots and planes
Island Hopping
Americans jumping from island to island capturing Japanese military air runways
Joseph Rochefort
cracked the Japanese codes vital to winning Midway
Codebreaking Benefits
helped end the war multiple years earlier (prevented the deaths of at least 22.6 million)
Military Integration Year
1948
Tuskegee Airmen
elite group of mostly African American pilots trained in Tuskegee
442 Regimental Combat Team
Highly decorated combat team composed of Japanese Americans
Navajo Code Talkers
Navajo men using their language in code for the American military
