Roosevelt, Franklin D.: Air Corps expansion proposed by; Arnold and; Churchill and; conscription authorized by; death of; Eisenhower and; MacArthur and; Marshall and; New Deal initiatives of; Philippines military adviser assigned by; at WWII Allied strategy conferences; WWII mobilization efforts of
Roosevelt, Theodore
Root, Elihu
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Ruhr region (Germany)
Rundstedt, Gerd von
Russo-Japanese War
Ryder, Charles
Ryukyus Campaign (1945)
Saint-Mihiel offensive (1918)
Sardinia, Allied proposal for invasion of
school desegregation
School for Advanced Military Studies (SAMS)
School of Application for Infantry and Cavalry (Fort Leavenworth, Kans.). See also United States Army Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth, Kans.)
School of the Line (Fort Leavenworth, Kans.). See also United States Army Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth, Kans.)
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman
science education
Sebald, William J.
2nd Armored Division
II Corps
2nd Infantry Division
segregation
Selective Service
Seoul (S. Korea)
7th Armored Division
Seventh Army
VII Corps
Seventh Fleet
Sheridan, Philip H.
Sherman, William T.
Sibert, William L.
Sicily, Allied invasion of (1943); map
Siegfried Line
Simpson, William Hood
Sixth Army
Sixth Army Group
VI Corps
Small Solution
Solomon Islands Campaign
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Soviet Union: atomic bomb use as preemptive strike against; North Korea occupied by; space race with; as threat to United States; during World War II. See also Cold War
Spaatz, Carl A.
space race
Spanish-American War (1898)
Special Command and General Staff Course
Sputnik (Soviet satellite)
Staff College
Stalin, Joseph
Stark, Harold R.
Starry, Donn
Stilwell, Joseph W.
Stimson, Henry L.
Stover, Ida Elizabeth. See Eisenhower, Ida Stover (mother)
Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Forces
Stratemeyer, George E.
Sturdevant, Clarence L.
St. Vith (France)
Summerall, Charles P.
Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF)
Sutherland, Richard K.
Suwon (S. Korea)
Tank Corps
Tarawa
Taylor, Maxwell
10th Armored Division
X Corps
Third Army; Ardennes Counteroffensive (1944–1945); Eisenhower as chief of staff of; Normandy breakthrough (1944); Normandy invasion (1944); Patton as commander of; Rhine Campaign (1945)
III Corps
3rd Engineer Battalion
Third Fleet
3rd Infantry Division
Thirteenth Air Force
30th Infantry Division
30th Infantry Regiment
33rd Infantry Division, Illinois National Guard
305th Tank Brigade
304th Tank Brigade
Tibbets, Paul
Tientsin (China)
Tiger I tanks
Time magazine
Tobruk (Libya)
Tokyo (Japan), B-29 incendiary raids on (1945)
Topeka, Kans.
Tower, John
Toyoda, Soemu
Training and Doctrine Command
trench warfare
Trident Conference (Washington, D.C.; 1943)
Trippe, Juan
troop morale
Truman, Harry S.: Arnold and; Bradley and; Eisenhower and; during Korean War; MacArthur and; Marshall and; military services unified by; post-WWII deficits and; War Department reorganization proposed by
Truscott, Lucian
Twelfth Army Group
XII Corps
Twentieth Air Force
XX Bomber Command
28th Infantry Division
Twenty-first Army Group
XXIV Corps
24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
29th Infantry Division
29th Infantry Regiment
XXI Bomber Command
XXII Corps
27th Infantry Regiment
26th Infantry Division
23rd Infantry Brigade
Ultra intercepts
Uniontown, Pa.
United Nations Command
United States Air Force
United States Army: African American troops in; Corps of Engineers; division structure in; five-star Generals of the Army in; General Staff; interwar difficulties; Operations Division; promotions in; reforms in; Regulation 600–35; retirement age in; Service Forces; training of; during World War I; WWII expansion/modernization of. See also Korean War; World War I; World War II; specific battles; campaigns; units
United States Army Air Corps. See also United States Army Air Forces
United States Army Air Forces: Army joint relationship with; B-29 bomber program; Combined Bomber Offensive; command changes; establishment of; expansion/modernization of; Japan home islands invasion and; Operation Overlord and; press coverage of; strategic bombing concept; WWII expansion/modernization of; WWII loss rates. See also Arnold, Henry H. (“Hap”), as Army Air Forces chief of staff
United States Army Air Services
United States Army Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth, Kans.): air officers as attendees at; Arnold as student at; Bradley as student at; Class of 1934; curriculum at; earlier schools consolidated into; early history of (see General Staff College; School of Application for Infantry and Cavalry [Fort Leavenworth, Kans.]; School of the Line; United States Infantry and Cavalry School [Fort Leavenworth, Kans.]); Eisenhower as student at; Eisenhower’s application to attend; faculty at; influence of; MacArthur Award at; Patton as student at; student body at; WWII mobilization and
United States Army Forces Far East
United States Army Signal Corps
United States Congress: Arnold appearances before; Bradley lobbying efforts; commemorative coins authorized by; Filipino commonwealth status awarded by; Filipino defense and; General of the Army rank and; interwar underfunding of Army and; MacArthur and; MacArthur farewell address before; Manhattan Project funding and; Marshall appearances before; Marshall’s relationship with; military aviation funded by; National Guard federalization authorized by; Roosevelt appropriation request before; service terms extended by; veteran benefits and; War Policies Commission created by; WWII appropriations and
United States Defense Department. See also United States War Department
United States Infantry and Cavalry School (Fort Leavenworth, Kans.)
United States Marines
United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.); Arnold as cadet at; Black Hand cadet organization at; Bradley as cadet at; Bradley as instructor at; Class of 1915; curriculum at; Eisenhower as cadet at; hazing incidents at; MacArthur as cadet at; MacArthur as superintendent of; Officer Candidate Schools and
United States Naval Academy
United States Navy
United States Olympic Team (1928)
United States State Department
United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe
United States Supreme Court
United States War Department: anti-British sentiments in, during World War II; Bureau of Information; Eisenhower assigned to; interwar budget difficulties; Marshall as assistant chief of staff, War Plans Division; military educa
tion and; Operations Division; Pershing-March controversy; reorganization of; Soviet threat and; Spanish-American War officer demand and
Van Fleet, James A.
Versailles (France)
Veterans Administration (VA)
Victory Program
Viet Minh
Vietnam War
Villa, Pancho
Virginia Military Institute (VMI)
Vuono, Carl
Wabash Railroad
Wagner, Arthur L.
Wainwright, Jonathan
War Industries Board
War Plan Orange
War Policies Commission
Warsaw Pact
Washington, D.C.
Washington, George
Washington Barracks
Wavell, Archibald
Weigley, Russell
Welsh, Art (“Owl”)
Western Assault Force
Western Task Force
Westmoreland, William
Westover, Oscar
West Point. See United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.)
West Side High School (Milwaukee, Wis.)
West Texas Military Academy
Wewak (New Guinea)
Weygand, Maxime
Why We Fight (film series)
Wilkes, Gilbert
Willett’s Point, N.Y.
Wilson, Woodrow
Wolfe, Kenneth
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Wonsan (S. Korea)
Wood, Leonard
Woodring, Harry
World War I: Armistice (1918); Arnold’s career during; Bradley’s career during; Eisenhower as troop trainer during; Eisenhower’s battlefield tour; Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916); MacArthur’s career during; Marshall’s career during; Meuse-Argonne offensive (1918); in military education; military education during; mobilization for; Saint-Mihiel offensive (1918); troop morale during; U.S. entry into; veteran dissatisfaction
World War II: Allied conferences during; Allied supply line problems during; beginning of, in Europe; demobilization following; end of (VE Day); end of (VJ Day); five-star promotions during; Japanese occupation following; MacArthur’s career during; MacArthur’s strategy decisions during; Marshall’s strategy decisions during; mobilization for; press coverage of; U.S. entry into; veterans’ needs following. See also World War II European Theater battles/campaigns; World War II Pacific Theater battles/campaigns
World War II European Theater battles/campaigns: Ardennes Counteroffensive (1944–1945); Kasserine Pass (1943); map; Normandy breakthrough (1944); Normandy invasion (1944),
World War II European Theater 226n34; North African Campaign (1942); Rhine Campaign (1945); Sicily invasion (1943)
World War II Pacific Theater battles/campaigns: Buna (1942); Coral Sea (1942); Guadalcanal Campaign (1942–1943); Iwo Jima (1945); Leyte Gulf (1944); Midway (1942); New Guinea Campaign (1942–1944); Pearl Harbor (1941); Philippines Campaign (1941–1942); Philippines Campaign (1944–1945); Ryukyus Campaign (1945); Solomon Islands Campaign; Tokyo bombing campaign (1945)
Wright, Orville
Wright, Wilbur
Wright Company (Dayton, Ohio)
Wright Model B Flyers
Wright Model C Flyers
Yalta Conference (1945)
York, Alvin
Zaibatsu (Japanese conglomerates)
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