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*Nimitz-commander of ther United States Navy in the Pacific, planned operations against Japanese navy, wanted to use the aircraft carriers against japan
*MacArthur- commander of the Philippines station for America, had Filipinos and Americans entreat to Bataan peninsula when attached by Japanese, 3 months later going to Australia under FDR's word
*Bataan- the peninsula where the American and Filipinos retreated to, surrendering about 4 months later after Pearl Harbor, 78,000 soldiers forced to walk 65 miles
*Doolittle raid- commander of the mission to bomb japan, 16 plains flew to Tokyo and dropped bombs on it 
*Coral Sea-America intercepted the Japanese attempt to attack New Guinea, japan sunk Lexington and damaged the Yorktown ship drastically, but US won battle
*Midway-japan attacked Midway june 4, 1942, but was intercepted by antiaircraft fire and many planes shot down too. Second round burning aircraft and/sinking Japanese
Afrika Korps- German forces in the German area, commanded by General Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel- commander of the Afrika Corps, nickname Desert Fox, brilliant leader
El Alamein-battle General Rommel had to retreat from
Patton- General of American forces captured Casablanca city
Casablanca- city captured by General George Patton
Kassarine Pass- Americans outnumbered and outfought by the Germans, 7,000 casualties, 200 tanks were lost
Convoy System-a system in which. Enchant ships travel with naval vessels for protection
Stalingrad- city that controlled the Volga River and major railroad junction, Germans wanted to capture city to stop Russia and Ukraine from getting trade and sources  

Operation Paperclip

Operation Paperclip was opposed by many and favored by many. Originally, the project was called Operation Overcast, but the name was changed to Operation Paperclip for all the paperwork and paperclips used in the process. Operation Paperclip was an undercover thing where American military services extricated German scientists among World War II times to America. There were many clandestine documents dealt with in this process, and even to this day, there are some documents that no one can see or know about except for the official Operation Paperclip group. It was developed by the Office of of Strategic Services(OSS), but changed hands to Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency later on. A plus for this secret plan was the Germans wanted to stop the advancing Red Army, and had motivation to help Americans even more. The German scientists mostly helped the American troops with their smart Nazi rocket technology, chemical weaponry and medicine. 

The big test for the Germans to pass and be able to come over was whether or not they had ever made an oath or been involved in any Nazi Party activities. One man, Werner Von Braun, proved to America that he was never involved with the Nazi Party by showing to them his pass card that he was a colonial for the SS. The Joint company sometimes were willing to twist that law for some scientists that they felt were crucial to their(America's) project. Braun was an incredibly intelligent and advanced scientists, and his work and ideas led to the landing of the moon in 1969. Eventually Werner Von Braun became the UNited States Government Scientist! Roughly 500 scientists and the families were brought over to America. They were brought to either White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, Fort Bliss, Texas and Huntsville. These productions of the work stations led to the foundation of NASA and the US ICBM program in time. He craziest and in a way scariest part about the Operation Paperclip is there is information about the scientists, transfers, etc., that remains classified still.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_paperclip.html

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