The Pacific Theater and The Fall of the Philippines

Who was the U.S. Commander in the Far East during the Japanese attack on the Philippines?

• General Douglas MacArthur

• Admiral Chester Nimitz

• General Dwight D. Eisenhower

• General George Patton

What was the "Bataan Death March"?

• A forced march of American and Filipino prisoners-of-war

• A strategic retreat by Japanese forces

• A naval battle in the Pacific

• An air raid on Tokyo

What was the significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea?

• First time aircraft carriers fought while separated by over 100 miles

• First major American victory in the Pacific

• Last battle of World War II

• First use of atomic bombs

Who led the daring bombing mission over Tokyo in April 1942?

• James Doolittle

• Chester Nimitz

• Douglas MacArthur

• George Patton

What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Guadalcanal Campaign

Where did the Japanese create a defensive perimeter in the Pacific?

• Guadalcanal

• Midway

• Pearl Harbor

• Coral Sea

In which month and year did the Japanese forces surrender in the Philippines?

• April 1942

• December 1941

• June 1942

• August 1942

What did the Americans decipher that helped them at the Battle of Midway?

• Japanese secret naval code

• Location of Japanese oil reserves

• Japanese troop movements in Europe

• Japanese plans for an attack on Australia

How many people were working at the secret laboratories in Los Alamos by 1945?

• 6,000

• 10,000

• 3,000

• 8,000

When was the first atomic bomb successfully tested?

• July 1945

• June 1944

• August 1945

• May 1945