World War 2
Battles - Pacific:
December 7, 1941
December 8–10, 1941
May 4 - 8, 1942
Battles - Pacific - Japanese Occupation of Philippines (Dec. 1941 - May 1942):
December 8, 1941
December 10, 1941
May 4 - 8, 1942
December 12 1941
December 8, 1941
December 10, 1941
May 4 - 8, 1942
December 12 1941
December 8, 1941
December 10, 1941
May 4 - 8, 1942
December 12 1941
Battles - Europe:
Battles - Africa / Mediterranean
Central People:
Central People - U.S. Navy:
Weapons / Equipment / Ships
People - World War 2 Period 1940 – 1949
(Jan. 30, 1882 - Apr. 12, 1945 )
32nd President of the United States. He was elected 4 times and lead the U.S. through the World War as well as the instituted the New Deal during the depression.
33rd President of the United States became president in 1945 when FDR dies in office. He made the decision to drop the world’s first Atomic bomb, forcing the surrender of Japan and ending WW2.
(Dec. 31, 1880 - Oct. 16, 1959)
As Chief of Staff, Marshall organized the largest military expansion in U.S. history, and received promotion to five-star rank as General of the Army. Marshall coordinated Allied operations in Europe and the Pacific until the end of the war.
Picture Credits
Pearl Harbor
By Photographer: UnknownRetouched by: Mmxx – This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 195617., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18147474
Normandy
No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Midgley (Sgt), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
U.S. Aircraft
(25) By USAAF, photographed for a series of U.S. 8th Air Force publicity pictures for widespread distribution (photos were taken from B-17G bombers of the 91st Bomb Group) [1]. – http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=361&Style=item&origStyle=table&Item=71, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3103734
U.S. Tanks
(28) By Signal Corps. – http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/photos/WWII/ErlyYrs/WW2-ErlYrs.htm., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=167257
U.S. Weapons
(30) By Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum) – Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum) through the Digital Museum (http://www.digitaltmuseum.se), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17928224
Douglas MacArthur
(35) By Photographer not credited. – Naval Historical Center; Direct link. Photo #: USA C-2413 (Color), photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6492036
Doolittle Raid
(38) By U.S. Army Air Force – This image was released by the United States Armed Forces with the ID 420418-O-ZZ999-001 (next).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required.
Battle of Midway
(42) Image: National Archives and Records Administration, 80-G-414423.)
Operation Torch
By Unknown author or not provided – U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17335561
Invasion of Sicily
By Unknown author – Craven and Cate, Volume II: Europe = TORCH to POINTBLANK, p. 424, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45658327
Leyte Gulf
By Unknown author – U.S. Navy photo 80-G-287970, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62369
Operation Market Garden
By This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States. – www.archives.gov / https://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-109.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72639
Battle of the Bulge
By U.S. Army – U.S. National Guard [1] photo [2] from the U.S. National Archives, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11180640
People
Raymond Spruance
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/library/research-guides/modern-biographical-files-ndl/modern-bios-s/spruance-raymond-a.html
Marc Mitcher
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/modern-biographical-files-ndl/modern-bios-m/mitscher-marc-a.html
Frank Jack Fletcher
By U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph – http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-f/fj-fltr.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7369676
Thomas C. Kincaid
By Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives – http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/k02000/k02749c.htm (file at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/k02000/k02749.jpg), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9971455
William Smith
By U.S. Navy – Vice admiral William W. Smith, USN, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114800148
Charles McMorris
By Unknown military photographer – U.S. War Department, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21707179