The Battle of Okinawa - End of WWII Pacific

The Battle of Okinawa - End of WWII

Patrick Henry High School NJROTC

Multiple Choice

A decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms

• Cryptologist

• Decoderologist

• Code reader

• Decoder Analysist

Open Ended

What did the Japanese see as the consequence of losing the battles for Leyte Gulf?

Poll

How much do you think you still need to learn about The Battle of Okinawa?

• Everything - Please teach me all you know!

• Average - I need to learn more.

• Below Average - I just need to learn more details; I know the basics.

• Nothing - I don’t need to learn a thing; I know all there is to know.

Multiple Choice

The Japanese troops in Okinawa were aware they were the last obstacle to an allied invasion and therefore decided to do what?

• Call in German reinforcements.

• Hold off on kamikaze attacks.

• Fight to the death.

• Surrender all forces.

Multiple Choice

In the Battle of Okinawa, ______ lost approximately 4,000 ______.

• US; warships

• U.S.; sailors

• Japan; troops

• Japan; civilians

Multiple Select

The last of the surviving Japanese surface forces included which of the following?

(Input all that apply, then push the ENTER button.)

• Battleship Kyushu

• Light cruiser Yahagi

• 200 B-29s

• 2500 tons of fuel oil

Multiple Choice

The first atomic bomb dropped by the U.S. was nicknamed ______ and targeted ______. Three days later ______ was dropped on ______.

• Little Boy, Hiroshima; Fat Man, Nagasaki

• Little Boy, Nagasaki; Fat Man, Hiroshima

• Fat Man, Hiroshima; Little Boy, Nagasaki

• Fat Man, Nagasaki; Little Boy, Hiroshima

Multiple Choice

Emperor Hirohito's Supreme Council agreed to accept the Potsdam Declaration on what condition?

• He would not submit to the Allied commanders authority.

• The Cairo Declaration would be declared null and void.

• His final status would remain.

• The imperial system would remain.