WWII Part 2

Match the following

• a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle.

• Kamikaze

• Japan's naval forces

• Imperial Fleet

• fast warship; smaller than a battleship

• banzai

• attacking fearlessly and recklessly

• casualty

• Japan's suicide pilots

• cruiser

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

What was the strategic reasoning behind Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?

• Japan wanted to prevent the United States from entering World War II.

• Japan wanted to help Japanese prisoners of war held in Hawaii escape.

• Japan wanted to incapacitate the US Navy to allow Japan to dominate the Pacific.

• Japan wanted to draw the United States into a costly invasion of the Japanese islands.

Who was the Us commander of the pacific fleet during ww2?

• Chester W. Nimitz

• Douglas MacArthur

• Bruce Fraser

• Isoroku Yamamoto

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

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 was the name of the top-secret development of the atomic bomb?

• Operation Overlord

• Operation Barbarossa

• Dutch Harbor

• Manhattan Project

What was the second Japanese city the atomic bomb was dropped on?

• Iwo Jima

• Nagasaki

• Hiroshima

• Tokyo

May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied Powers

• D-Day

• VE-Day

• Operation Barbarossa

• Judgement Day