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| e invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in World War II. |
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| was a battle in which the United States fought for and captured Iwo Jima from Japan. The battle produced some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific Campaign of World War II |
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| the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June, 1945. |
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| naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands |
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| was a major German offensive launched towards the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes Mountains region of Belgium |
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| date of the Allied landing in France, World War II |
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| Emperor of Japan during ww2 |
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| presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on February 19, 1942 ordering Japanese Americans to internment camps |
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| 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war |
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| goals articulated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy |
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| Fred Korematsu v. United States |
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| case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II. |
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| the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953) |
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| the American strategy in the Pacific during World War II. It involved a leapfrogging movement of American forces from one strategic island to the next until American forces were in control of the Pacific and prepared to invade Japan. |
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| a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II |
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| a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II |
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| the primary program of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger economic foundation for the countries of Western Europe |
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| during WWII, Navajo soldiers who used their own language to radio vital messages during the island-hopping campaign |
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| a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories during World War II |
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| Selective Training and Service Act |
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| required that men between the ages of 21 and 35 register with local draft boards. Later, when the U.S. entered World War II, all men aged 18 to 45 were made liable for military service, and all men aged 18 to 65 were required to register. |
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| a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II as the 332nd Fighter Group of the US Army Air Corps. |
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| the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II |
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| They were small gardens of vegetables which provided some food in place of those items which were rationed by the government. |
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| the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II |
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| as a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 |
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| riots that erupted in Los Angeles, California during World War II, between white sailors and Marines stationed throughout the city and Latino youths, who were recognizable by the zoot suits. |
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