War in the Pacific: Slides 94-107

What type of military strategy did the Allied forces use to skip over islands heavily occupied by the Japanese to keep moving north towards mainland Japan?

• Jumping

• Hop Scotch

• Island Hopping

• Skipping

Which of the following battles resulted in 4 Japanese aircraft carriers destroyed and is considered the turning point in the Pacific?

• Battle of Saipan

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Battle Okinawa

The Bataan Death March resulted in the deaths of American and Filipino soldiers on the way to a Japanese prison camp where even more died as POWs.

• True

• False

What is the name of the airstrike that hit Tokyo on April 18, 1942?

• Patton Raid

• Eisenhower Raid

• MacArthur Raid

• Doolittle Raid

Which battle in the Pacific was one of the largest naval battles in history and was the first time kamikaze pilots were used by the Japanese?

• Battle of Leyte Gulf

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Battle of Saipan