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WorksheetsPhilippines Campaign
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
When did the first attack occur?
October 5, 1944
December 28, 1944
November 13, 1944
September 21, 1944
January 9, 1945
Who launched the first attack in the Philippines Campaign?
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Admiral Takajiro Onishi
General Tomoyuki Yamashita
Admiral William Halsey
General Douglas MacArthur
Under whose command did the admiral launch the first attack?
General Tomoyuki Yamashita
General Douglas MacArthur
Admiral Takajiro Onishi
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Admiral William Halsey
Ironically, what were Japanese soldiers and leaders doing when the October 10th Aerial Raid occurred?
Battle of Sibuyan Sea
Ambushing the American
Retaliating against the US
Anti-aircraft drills
Who wrote a report to Washington D.C. on December 26, 1944 stating all the mortalities and casualties?
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Admiral William Halsey
General Douglas MacArthur
Admiral Jesse Oldendorf
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY:
Which of these American submarines jumped the Japanese fleets in Palawan Passage?
Dace
Dacker
Tracker
Darter
California
When did the two American submarines jump Nishimura's fleet in Palawan Passage?
October 16, 1944
November 16, 1944
September 16, 1944
October 22, 1944
December 16, 1944
How many aircraft did Admiral Ozawa launch to slow down the US so the rest of Kurita's fleet could escape?
75
71
74
72
73
How many phase(s) were there in the Philippines Campaign?
1
2
3
4
5
What did the Japanese use Manila for?
Trade Center
Naval Base
Central Naval Transportation Transfer Station
Military Base
Storage Base
Around October 15th to October 20th, what happened? (HINT: What did Admiral Halsey report to Admiral Nimitz?)
They'd conquered an island
A warship had been salvaged
They'd beaten the Japanese and ended the war
They'd restored Filipino jurisdiction to Tacloban
Approximately, how many prisoners were freed at 8:50 p.m. on February 3, 1945?
100
1000
200
2000
500
About how many Japanese soldiers were pushed back into Intramuros?
10,000
20,000
200,000
5,000,000
100,000
True or False: Babies' eyeballs were taken out and smeared on buildings in Manila.
True
False
Where was Takao taken to be repaired?
Australia
Singapore
China
Indonesia
Japan
Which of these was split in half before sinking?
Fuso
Yamashiro
Asagumo
California
Yamagumo
In MacArthur's quote, what were his enemies he was up against again?
Japanese
Bataan
Laos
Chinese
Indonesian
TRUE or FALSE: Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome knew the US was in Lingayen before General Tomoyuki Yamashita did.
True
False
What battleship has endured the most hits ever?
Mushashi
Frankiln
Yamato
California
Fuso
Who stalled the US so Kurita's fleet could escape?
General Jesse Oldendorf
Vice Admiral Takajiro Onishi
General Tomoyuki Yamashita
Admiral Ozawa
Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome
Where did MacArthur instruct Major General Mudge to go?
Manila
The Nips
Luzon
Lingayen
Leyte
