Atomic Bombs

Island-hopping

100

True or False: The USS Idaho took part in every major land invasion in the Pacific Theater.

False

200

____ Is the island that saw 36 days of combat for an emergency landing site for B-29s.

Iwo Jima

300

Which of the following islands were the two that allowed U.S. bombers to strike Japan?

a) The Falkland Islands

b) The Marshall Islands

c) Iwo Jima and Okinawa

d) Guam and Saipan

d) Guam and Saipan

Alternates to the bombs

100

True or False: The firebombing of Hiroshima was meant to show the government of Japan the horrors of war to convince them to surrender.

False, the city was Tokyo

200

Operation _____ was the codename for the invasions of Japan.

Downfall

300

Which of the following is the type of strategy to cut-off supplies by sea?

a) blockade

b) siege

c) economic sanctions

d) strategic bombing

a) blockade

The Decision

100

True or False: General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz made the decision to drop the atomic bombs.

False, the decision was ultimately made by President Truman

200

 _(day)_ _(month)_ 1945 saw the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.

6 August

300

All of the following were official factors that went into giving the green light to using the atomic bombs except:

a) war weariness of the American people

b) a land invasion would be incredibly costly for both sides in the conflict

c) to show the Soviets the power of the U.S.'s new weapon

d) to potentially bring a quick end to the conflict

c) to show the Soviets the power of the U.S.'s new weapon