WWII Review

This battle was important because it was the first time that Japanese soldiers used the kamikaze method

• Bataan Death March

• Doolittle Raids

• Battle of Okinawa

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Leyte Gulf

This battle was important because this place was the last Japanese Pacific outpost

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Okinawa

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Guadalcanal

This battle was a major turning point in WWII because the Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers that crippled their navy.

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Okinawa

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Guadalcanal

This battle was a major turning point in WWII because the Americans began to island hop towards Japan

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Okinawa

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Guadalcanal

This battle was important because it destroyed what was remaining of the Japanese navy

• Bataan Death March

• Doolittle Raids

• Battle of Okinawa

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Leyte Gulf

This battle was the first major battle on the Japanese homeland

• Bataan Death March

• Doolittle Raids

• Battle of Okinawa

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Leyte Gulf

Match the following

• Battle of Okinawa

• This attack was designed to inflict "material and psychological" damage upon the enemy. Although it did not to do a lot of damage, it did boost the morale of the other side

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• This is the first time that Americans are on the offensive and attack first

• Midway

• The next step after this battle is Japan

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• This is the 1st Major victory for the Allies in the Pacific

• Doolittle Raids

• 

First air sea battle ever

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Okinawa

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Guadalcanal

Reorder the following

• Sicily

• Battle of the Bulge

• Europe First Campaign--North African Invasion

• D-day

• Italy

Match the following

• US Allied Commander in charge of the invasion in North Africa and planned Operation Overlord

• Escaped to Australia before the Philippines were overtaken and vowed to return

• Supreme Allied Naval Commander of the South Pacific

• Admiral Chester Nimitz

• Japanese leader that planned the attack on Pearl Harbor and was in charge of Battle of Midway

• Admiral Yamamoto

• Supreme Allied Commander of the South Pacific

• General Dwight D. Eisenhower

• General Douglass MacArthur

• General Douglass MacArthur