WWII - Return to the Philippines - D-Day in the Pacific

WWII - Return to the Philippines - D-Day in The Pacific

Patrick Henry NJROTC

Multiple Choice

A military strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, buying time and causing additional casualties by yielding space

• Defense in Depth

• Delay in Depth

• Offense in Depth

• Delay Strategy

Multiple Choice

Japanese pilots who committed suicide by crash-diving their planes into their targets

• Suicide Pilots

• Kamikaze Pilots

• Terror Pilots

• Target Pilots

Multiple Choice

Concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons

• Fort Posts

• Basement Posts

• Pillboxes

• Fox hole

Poll

How is your brain power today?

• Very high - I am at the top of my game.

• High - The neurons are firing.

• Moderate - I can feel it starting to work.

• Low - Mmmm…huh uh, not very good.

Multiple Choice

Securing __________ was critical to the Leyte invasions.

• Guam

• Indonesia

• Malaysia

• Palau

Multiple Select

After Admiral Halsey successfully attacked the central Philippines, convinced they were weakly defended, which of the following were objectives? (Input all that apply, then push the ENTER button.)

• A.The Allies would target the Philippines instead of Formosa.

• A.Leyte Island would be the first area of attack.

• A.Nimitz and MacArthur would lead separate attacks on the Philippines.

• A.Nimitz would invade Iwo Jima early the following year.

Multiple Choice

The greatest Japanese challenge to the invasion of the Philippines came after the invasion of _______.

• Leyte

• Lingayen Gulf

• Luzon

• Manila

Multiple Choice

Where was the flag in the picture being raised?

• Kitano Point

• Mount Suribachi

• Kangoku Rock

• The last defeated pillbox.