office of defense and civilian mobilization
1Office of Defense Mobilization — The Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM) was an independent agency of the United States government whose function was to plan, coordinate, direct and control all wartime mobilization activities of the federal government, including manpower,… …
2United States civil defense — Main article: Civil defense The old United States Civil Defense logo. The triangle emphasised the 3 step Civil Defense philosophy used before the foundation of FEMA and Comprehensive Emergency Management. United States civil defense refers to the …
3Federal Civil Defense Authority — The Federal Civil Defense Authority was established in the United States Department of Defense (DOD), by DOD Directive 5105.43, May 5, 1972.Predecessor Agencies* Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA), Office for Emergency Management (OEM),… …
4Defense Production Administration — The Defense Production Administration (DPA) was an independent agency of the United States government whose function was to oversee and control defense production programs of the United States during wartime mobilization. The Office of Defense… …
5Defense Production Act — The Defense Production Act (Pub.L. 81 774) is a United States law enacted on September 8, 1950, in response to the start of the Korean War. It was part of a broad civil defense and war mobilization effort in the context of the Cold War. Its… …
6DEFENSE FORCES — Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (1878–1948) The development of the self defense force of the yishuv was an influential part of the history of Jewish settlement in Ereẓ Israel. In the last quarter of the 19th century, when the first Jewish… …
7Civilian Conservation Corps — The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt …
8HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
9Viet Cong and Vietnam People's Army logistics and equipment — Trailporters The Viet Cong and the People s Army of Vietnam (PAVN or North Vietnamese Army) used well organized logistics methods to supply and equip their fighting forces. This logistics organization contributed to the defeat of their American… …
10Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter …
