Victory Program
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{{Short description|Military plan for U.S. involvement in World War II}} |
{{Short description|Military plan for U.S. involvement in World War II}} |
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The '''Victory Program''' was a military plan for the [[United States]]' involvement in [[World War II]] submitted prior to |
The '''Victory Program''' was a military plan for the [[United States]]' involvement in [[World War II]] submitted prior to the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] and the country's official entry into the war. Officially known as '''Rainbow Five''', it was part of a [[United States color-coded war plans|series of color-coded war plans]] developed by the [[Joint Planning Committee]]. The plan was initially secret but was famously exposed by the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' on December 4, 1941, three days before the attack on Pearl Harbor.{{Cite news |last=Manly |first=Chesly |date=December 4, 1941 |title=F. D. R.'S WAR PLANS! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-f-d-rs-war-plans/175096381/ |access-date=June 23, 2025 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |pages=1}} The leak of the plan was a major political and news event in the United States.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Thomas |date=December 1987 |title=The Big Leak |url=https://www.americanheritage.com/big-leak |access-date=December 2, 2023 |website=[[American Heritage (magazine)|American Heritage]] |language=en}} |
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==History== |
==History== |
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