United States Armed Forces in World War II

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military organization in a specific war

The United States Armed Forces in World War II were the combined military branches of the U.S. that mobilized on a massive scale to fight the Axis powers across Europe, the Pacific, North Africa, and Asia, playing a decisive role in the Allied victory.

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Label Occurrences
United States Armed Forces in World War II canonical 4
United States armed forces in World War II 2
U.S. military history of World War II 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization in a specific war ⓘ
alliedWith British Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces in World War II

Free French Forces ⓘ
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
branch United States Army ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Coast Guard ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
casualties over 400,000 military deaths ⓘ
commanderInChief President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
conflict World War II ⓘ
conscription Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endDate 1945-09-02 ⓘ
legacy creation of the United States Air Force in 1947 ⓘ
emergence of the United States as a global superpower ⓘ
legalFramework Declaration of war on Germany ⓘ
Declaration of war on Italy ⓘ
Declaration of war on Japan ⓘ
logisticalSupport Lend-Lease program ⓘ
majorOperation Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day landings in Normandy

Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign

Island-hopping campaign in the Pacific ⓘ
Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
surface form: Iwo Jima Campaign

Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form: Okinawa Campaign

Operation Torch ⓘ
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)

Allied bombing of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Strategic bombing of Germany

Allied strategic bombing of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Strategic bombing of Japan
notableCommander Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ
Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
George C. Marshall ⓘ
Hap Arnold ⓘ
surface form: Henry H. Arnold

Omar Bradley ⓘ
surface form: Omar N. Bradley
notableEvent attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
notableUnit U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form: 101st Airborne Division

442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form: 82nd Airborne Division

1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ
surface form: First Marine Division

Tuskegee Airmen ⓘ
opposedTo Axis powers ⓘ
partOf Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces in World War II
peakStrength over 12 million personnel ⓘ
result decisive Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 1941-12-07 ⓘ
supportedBy United States home front during World War II ⓘ
supremeCommander Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
theaterOfOperations China Burma India Theater ⓘ
surface form: China-Burma-India Theater

European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations

North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Theater of Operations

Pacific theater commands ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of Operations

Referenced by (12)

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Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. → partOf → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge Memorial → dedicatedTo → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States armed forces personnel in the Battle of the Bulge
Mardasson Memorial → commemorates → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
United States 99th Infantry Division → service → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Army in World War II
Enewetak Atoll → capturedBy → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States forces in World War II
British Armed Forces in World War II → alliedWith → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II → alliedWith → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
Draža Mihailović → supportedBy → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States (early in World War II)
William R. Shockley → partOf → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States armed forces in World War II
William J. Bordelon → partOf → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States armed forces in World War II
Rendova → wasOccupiedBy → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States forces during World War II
Slim Jim → describedBySource → United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: James M. Gavin
this entity surface form: U.S. military history of World War II