Pacific Theater WWII

Why was the US able to recover so quickly from the Pearl Harbor attacks?

• Aircraft Carriers were not at Pearl Harbor

• Japan ended the attack early

• The attacks on Pearl Harbor didn't affect the US much

What was the bombing of Tokyo after Pearl Harbor called?

• Tokyo Raid

• Doolittle Raid

• Hiroshima Raid

• Pearl Harbor Raid

One strategy the Japanese wanted to do was to attack the US fleet at Midway. What was the other?

• Cut off supply lines through the Coral Sea

• Attack Alaska to prepare to attack the US mainland

• Cut off supply lines in the Indian Ocean

• Attack the ports of Los Angeles and San Francisco

What major advantage did the US have at the Battle of Midway?

• They knew the attack was coming

• The Japanese didn't know the Americans were coming

• They were still angry after Pearl Harbor

• The Japanese had no aircraft

Answer explanation

The US was able to break the code before Coral Sea, and the same code was used for Midway.

What was Admiral Nimitz's plan, having known the attack on Midway was coming?

• Have aircraft carriers on standby to ambush the Japanese

• Meet the Japanese forces before they could reach Midway

• Do nothing, he was unable to prepare for the surprise attack

• Send all of his forces away to let the Japanese take an empty base

How did the Battle of Midway end?

• Decisive win for the Japanese, US would take years to recover

• Decisive win for the US, a major turning point in the war

• Stalemate, neither side could win

• Decisive win for the Japanese, US retreats to Pearl Harbor

What was the US strategy in the Pacific?

• Attack Japanese mainland head on

• Attack Japanese in China

• Split the attack, one looks to take the Philippines, the other takes small Pacific islands

• All out naval warfare in the Pacific with no ground war

What is the strategy used by Nimitz's fleet to take many islands in the Pacific?

• Siege Warfare

• Strategic Bombing

• Slash and Burn

• Island Hopping

Which best describes Island Hopping?

• Taking the Pacific island-by-island to get closer to Japan

• Attacking the Japanese mainland's surrounding islands in quick succession

• Attacking and retreating to different islands to distract the Japanese navy

• The vacation we all wish we had for spring break

Which of these is NOT a reason the US want to take islands closer to Japan? (Choose the one which is NOT a reason!)

• To use island airfields to bomb mainland Japan

• To gain control of more of the Pacific Ocean

• To force Japanese forces back towards Japan

• To turn them into vacation spots for US forces