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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization in a specific war →
alliedWith	British Armed Forces in World War II → 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	Franklin D. Roosevelt → 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 landings in Normandy → Guadalcanal Campaign → Island-hopping campaign in the Pacific → Iwo Jima Campaign → Okinawa Campaign → Operation Torch → Philippines Campaign (1944–1945) → Strategic bombing of Germany → Strategic bombing of Japan →
notableCommander	Chester W. Nimitz → Douglas MacArthur → George C. Marshall → Henry H. Arnold → Omar N. Bradley →
notableEvent	attack on Pearl Harbor → use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki →
notableUnit	101st Airborne Division → 442nd Regimental Combat Team → 82nd Airborne Division → First Marine Division → Tuskegee Airmen →
opposedTo	Axis powers →
partOf	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 → European Theater of Operations → North African Theater of Operations → Pacific Theater of Operations →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Enewetak Atoll ("United States forces in World War II") →	capturedBy
Mardasson Memorial →	commemorates
Battle of the Bulge Memorial ("United States armed forces personnel in the Battle of the Bulge") →	dedicatedTo
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. →	partOf
United States 99th Infantry Division ("United States Army in World War II") →	service