Ch.12 Sec.2
Nimitz- US navy commander, planned against Japanese navy. Won against Japanese.
MacArthur- American General in the Philippines, managed to keep troops safe for three months. "Dugout Doug". He snuck off in a PT boat and forced his men to fight to the death.
Bataan- Where they held out. Bataan death march, where prisoners were forced to walk 68 miles to camp.
Doolittle raid
Coral sea
Midway
Afrika Korps- German forces near the Suez Canal that were going to attack or seize the canal so Britain would lose resources and it's allies would lose export money.
Erwin Rommel
El Alamein
Casablanca- City captured by a American troops.
Kassarine pass- Battle where Americans nearly lost against Germans.
Convoy system- Cargo ships travelled in groups and were escorted by navy warships. Made it much harder for a submarine to torpedo a cargo ship and escape without being attacked.
George Patton- Led the American forces in Morocco, captured Casablanca, Britain and America trapped the Germans and they finally surrendered.
Stalingrad- Hitler attacked a city in Russia called Stalingrad to ruin the soviets resources. Didn't really work, put German on defense.
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