WWII in in the Pacific

What became available to the United States in 1945?

• U-boats

• A new, advanced tank

• The atomic bomb

• New chemical weapons

Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb on Japan?

• To kill as many Japanese people as possible

• To save American lives and end the war

• To make sure Japan could no longer invade neighboring countries

• To make Japan pay for the destruction of WWII

What is a kamikaze?

• A name for a German tank

• Japanese pilots who undertook suicide missions

• The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

• American code breakers

The military strategy that the United States used to regain naval superiority in the Pacific over the Japanese.

• Island-Hopping
• Trench Warfare
• Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
• Rope-a-Dope

This battle was the turning point of the war in the PACIFIC. The United States carried out a successful ambush on Japanese forces destroying 4 Japanese aircraft carriers.

• Battle of Midway
• Battle of the Bulge
• D-Day
• Battle of Argonne Forest

The second Japanese city that the US dropped an atomic bomb on leading the surrender of the Japanese.

• Hiroshima
• Osaka
• Nagasaki
• Tokyo

The General who commanded the U.S. Army in the Pacific.

• Chester Nimitz
• Douglas MacArthur
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Albert Einstein

The end of WW2 in the Pacific was celebrated as

• V-J Day
• V-E Day
• Memorial Day
• Veterans Day

The Battle of Coral Sea was significant because ______________.

• Allied forces were able to stop a Japanese invasion of Austraila.
• It represented the first time that Allied naval strength exceeded Japanese naval strength
• It was the first time that the Allies fought a land, sea, and air battle
• It represented the first major Allied defeat in the Pacific

The First Japanese city that the US dropped an atomic bomb on leading the surrender of the Japanese.

• Hiroshima

• Osaka

• Nagasaki

• Tokyo