Bonus Army Washington Naval Billy Mitchell Conference

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Bonus Army
Vinson-Trammell Act
John LeJeune
John Pershing
Eddie Rickenbacher
Tampico Incident
Lusitania
Lend-Lease
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Germany First
Battle of Coral Sea
Arsenal of Democracy
Guadalcanal
Strategic Bombing
Manhattan Project
Smedley Butler
Battle of Tulgas
Washington Naval
Conference
Landing Operations Manual
Wiliam Sims
Convoy system
Meuse-Argonne
Triple Alliance
Unrestricted Submarine
Warfare
Cash and Carry
George C. Marshall
Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
Kasserine Pass
Hap Arnold
Leyte Gulf
Kamikaze
Haiti
“Polar Bears”
Billy Mitchell
USS Langley
Selective Service
St. Mihiel
Panama Canal
Schlieffen Plan
Zimmermann Telegram
War Plan Orange
Blitzkreig
Battle of Midway
Wake Island
Anzio
Enola Gay
Philippine Sea
Panay Incident
Pancho Villa
Battle of Carrizal
1. Discuss the events and developments that led to war between the United States
and Japan in 1941.
2. Discuss the strategy undertaken by the American forces in the Pacific theatre, and
explain how that strategy carried America to victory over Japan in World War II.
3. Discuss the strategy undertaken by the American and British forces in the
European theatre. Why did the Russians come to resent this strategy?
4. What factors led the United States to use the atomic bomb? Do you believe it was
the right decision? Why ?
5. What contributions did the United States make to the defeat of the Central
Powers?
6. Discuss the importance of three of the following battles: Bulge, Midway Island,
Wake Island, Normandy, Leyte Gulf, Guadalcanal.
7. After staying out for two and a half years, why did the United States finally enter
the Great War in 1917?
8. Discuss the development of air power as a significant element in the American
military arsenal. What role does Billy Mitchell have in developing American
strategy?
9. Although officially neutral, in what ways did the Roosevelt administration pursue
policies favorable to the Allies before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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