Beacon History - WWII- Part 7 Review

The commander of Allied forces in the Philippines, he stated, “I Shall Return” when ordered to leave by President Roosevelt.

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Douglas MacArthur

He ordered the Japanese to surrender after the dropping of the second atomic bomb.

• Emperor Hirohito

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

He led 16 bombers in an attack on Tokyo and other Japanese cities on April 18, 1942.

• Alvin York

• James Doolittle

The code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki was:

• Big Benny

• Fat Man

In the Battle of the Coral Sea, in addition to the Americans, this was the main allied force.

• Great Britain

• Australia

The code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was:

• Little Boy

• Tiny Charlie

The turning point for the war in the Pacific was this battle.

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Midway

The B-29 Bomber that dropped an Atomic Bomb over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945

• Memphis Belle

• The Enola Gay

The name given by the Japanese to Guadalcanal after they abandoned it was:

• Club Misery

• The Island of Death

He led the research for the development of the atomic bomb.

• J.Robert Oppenheimer

• Harry S. Truman