WW2 in Asia prep

What military strategy did the United States use after the Battle of Midway?

• launch a massive invasion of the Japanese islands from China.

• limit Japan's expansion but do little more until the war in Europe was won.

• build bases in the Aleutian islands from which to launch an air war against Japan.

• follow a island hopping campaign to secure bases leading across the Pacific Ocean to Japan.

Why did the Japanese finally surrender in August of 1945?

• The Doolittle Raid on the city of Tokyo

• the firebombing of major Japanese cities

• the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• the loss of more than 100,000 troops in the Battle of Okinawa.

How was the United States so prepared for the Japanese attack on Midway?

• The Japanese told Americans were the attack was going to happen

• U.S. forces saw the Japanese Navy sailing to the area

• U.S. code breakers broke the Japanese code, and knew the locations of the planned attack

• The U.S. had control of the Pacific Ocean and bombed the Japanese Navy before they could attack

Japan’s MAIN purpose for attacking Midway was ....

• To have a massive army and navy base in the Pacific

• To force the United States to surrender

• To establish a base from which they could then invade mainland United States

• To drive the Americans out and establish their control over the Pacific Ocean

After the Battle of Midway, the United States military was successful because ...

• It forced Japan to use most of its resources and surrender

• It ended Japan's expansion east and forced Japan to focus on defense.

• It caused Japan to turn against Germany and join the Allies.

• It resulted in a peace treaty between Japan and the Allies.

The American commander of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific was....

• General Douglas MacArthur

• Admiral Chester Nimitz

• Admiral Yamamoto

• Colonel James Doolittle

The man in charge of the U.S. Army in the Pacific was...

• General Douglas MacArthur

• Admiral Chester Nimitz

• Admiral Yamamoto

• Colonel James Doolittle

The Japanese commander in the Pacific was ....

• General Douglas MacArthur

• Admiral Chester Nimitz

• Admiral Yamamoto

• Colonel James Doolittle

Why did the United States use the Navajo language as a secret code during the War in the Pacific?

• The language relied on numbers rather than letters

• It is not a written language and is understood by very few people.

• Many of the Navajo people of Japan had immigrated to the United States.

• all answers are correct.

These Japanese pilots had one mission: to dive their bomb laden airplanes into any American ship during the Battle of Okinawa and did so knowing they would die.

• Samurai

• Sensei

• Daimyo

• Kamikaze