WWII - Pacific to End and Aftermath

What U.S. territory fell to the Japanese in the wake of Pearl Harbor?

• Puerto Rico

• The Philippines

• Cuba

• Hawaii

What promise did General Douglas MacArthur make good on when U.S. forces retook The Philippines towards the end of the war?

• I shall return.

• We will fight them on the beaches

• I have not yet begun to fight.

• Hold the line

After the Fall of the Philippines what war time atrocity befell U.S. POW's taken by the Japanese?

• The Nanking Massacre

• Alexandra Hospital Massacre

• The Bataan Death March

• The Wake Island Massacre

Island hopping...

• was a Japanese strategy of using improvised landing strips on islands to gain range for their bombers.

• was an Allied strategy of using improvised landing strips on islands to gain range for their bombers.

• was a common pastime for U.S. and Japanese servicemen prior to the war.

• was an Allied strategy of taking, fortifying and advancing from strategically important Pacific islands.

What two battles on Japan's home islands would be especially brutal in terms of loss of life on both sides?

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Iwo Jima and Okinawa

• Saipan and Tianian

• Tai wan and Formosa

How did the costly battles at Iwo Jima and Okinawa affect the future of the war?

• They drove on the U.S. desire for revenge and plans to invade.

• They demoralized U.S. forces and nearly led to the U.S. military leaving the Pacific.

• They influenced the decision to drop the atomic bombs in hope of avoiding invading Japan's main islands.

• The Japanese surrendered for fear of being invaded on the main islands.

The Manhattan Project was the code name for the...

• development of the incendiary bomb.

• development of the FAE (Fuel Air Explosive) bomb

• development of the MOAB (Mother of All Bombs). The largest conventional (non-nuclear) bomb.

• development of the atomic bomb.

What is the historical significance of Trinity, New Mexico?

• It was the site of the first atomic power reactor.

• It was the site of the first atomic blast.

• It was the site of the only attempted Japanese invasion of the U.S.

• It was the site of the first HALO jump.

In response to the impending threat of invasion, how did Japan respond?

• They implemented Ketsu Go - the arming and training of citizens.

• They were preparing for the surrender under more favorable terms than offered by the U.S.

• They were preparing to evacuate all non-military citizens to other locations.

• They were developing their own invasion of the Western United States.

The atomic bombs led to some 200,000 immediate casualties in what two cities?

• Tokyo and Osaka

• Tokyo and Kyoto

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Tokyo and Hiroshima