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WorksheetsVJ DAY 75
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who was Prime Minister on VJ Day?
Clement Attlee
Harold MacMillan
Winston Churchill
Lloyd George
Who was the Japanese Emperor on VJ Day?
Hirohito
Tojo
Nakamura
Shinsei
Who was the Japanese Prime Minister on VJ Day?
Hiroo Onoda
Yasuhiko Asaka
Hideki Tojo
Nobusuke Kishi
On what date was the Japanese unconditional surrender accepted?
6 August 1945
9 August 1945
14 August 1945
2 September 1945
Which two were the major battles fought against the Japanese?
Iwo Jima
Battle of the Philippines
Okinawa
Osaka
On what city was the first Atomic Bomb dropped?
(a)
On what city was the second atomic bomb dropped?
(a)
Approximately how many people died as a result of the dropping of the two atomic bombs?
2,100
2,100
210,000
2,100,000
What is the translation of the Japanese word, "Kamikaze"?
Divine Wind
Glorious Death
Victory
Avenger
What was the "nickname" of the first atomic bomb dropped?
Big Boy
Little Boy
Destroyer 1
Atomic Avenger
When did the Soviet union declare war on Japan?
9 August 1942
9 August 1943
9 August 1944
9 August 1945
Which of the following planes took part in the war against Japan?
Gloster III
Supermarine Seafire
Saunder-Roe SR
Blackburn Skua
In what year did the last Japanese soldier surrender after World War Two?
1954
1964
1974
1984
The Article of Surrender was signed on which ship?
USS Missouri
USS Arkansas
USS Colorado
USS Montana
Which two of these signed the Surrender Declaration on behalf of Japan?
Emperor Hirohito
Mamuro Shigemitsu
Yoshjiro Umezu
Hediki Tojo
Who was the American President who authorised the use of the Atomic Bomb?
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Theodore Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
