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VJ DAY 75

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Prime Minister on VJ Day?

a)

Clement Attlee

b)

Harold MacMillan

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Lloyd George

2.

Who was the Japanese Emperor on VJ Day?

a)

Hirohito

b)

Tojo

c)

Nakamura

d)

Shinsei

3.

Who was the Japanese Prime Minister on VJ Day?

a)

Hiroo Onoda

b)

Yasuhiko Asaka

c)

Hideki Tojo

d)

Nobusuke Kishi

4.

On what date was the Japanese unconditional surrender accepted?

a)

6 August 1945

b)

9 August 1945

c)

14 August 1945

d)

2 September 1945

5.

Which two were the major battles fought against the Japanese?

a)

Iwo Jima

b)

Battle of the Philippines

c)

Okinawa

d)

Osaka

6.

On what city was the first Atomic Bomb dropped?

(a)  

7.

On what city was the second atomic bomb dropped?

(a)  

8.

Approximately how many people died as a result of the dropping of the two atomic bombs?

a)

2,100

b)

2,100

c)

210,000

d)

2,100,000

9.

What is the translation of the Japanese word, "Kamikaze"?

a)

Divine Wind

b)

Glorious Death

c)

Victory

d)

Avenger

10.

What was the "nickname" of the first atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Big Boy

b)

Little Boy

c)

Destroyer 1

d)

Atomic Avenger

11.

When did the Soviet union declare war on Japan?

a)

9 August 1942

b)

9 August 1943

c)

9 August 1944

d)

9 August 1945

12.

Which of the following planes took part in the war against Japan?

a)

Gloster III

b)

Supermarine Seafire

c)

Saunder-Roe SR

d)

Blackburn Skua

13.

In what year did the last Japanese soldier surrender after World War Two?

a)

1954

b)

1964

c)

1974

d)

1984

14.

The Article of Surrender was signed on which ship?

a)

USS Missouri

b)

USS Arkansas

c)

USS Colorado

d)

USS Montana

15.

Which two of these signed the Surrender Declaration on behalf of Japan?

a)

Emperor Hirohito

b)

Mamuro Shigemitsu

c)

Yoshjiro Umezu

d)

Hediki Tojo

16.

Who was the American President who authorised the use of the Atomic Bomb?

a)

Franklin D Roosevelt

b)

Harry S Truman

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Dwight Eisenhower