The Pacific Ocean Theater of WWII:
Japan vs The Allies
Japan vs The Allies
This sneak attack was meant to cripple the U.S. naval fleet and keep them from stopping Japan's control of the Pacific during World War II.
What is the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
What was the action prompted the United States to enter WWII?
1. Save Allied lives.
2. Give in to pressure from UK.
3. Japans refusal to surrender.
1. What were Truman's decision to drop the bombs?
A suicide collision attack by a Japanese airplane
What was a kamikaze attack?
1. Limit naval power in the Pacific
2. Consult the other signatories in matters concerning China
What was some of the tenets that were a part of the Nine Power Treaty?
VJ Day was declared on August 14, 1945.
Cancer rates in Japan increased because of the bombings.
2. What facts about the post World War II period?
The victory at Midway included the sinking of many important Japanese ships putting them on the defensive for the rest of the war.
What was the Battle of Midway so pivotal to the war in the Pacific?
Japan invaded Manchuria.
What was the event that prompted the state of undeclared war that existed between the United States and Japan?
Truman was in favor of the Manhattan Project.
What were Truman's feelings about the Manhattan Project while he was Vice President?
The 'Gateway to Asia' was now in the hands of the enemy.
What was MacArthur's surrender of the Philippines significant?
For the next several months, Japan had nearly free reign in the Pacific.
What is one of the results of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Despite high Japanese casualties, Hirohito refused to surrender.
What was Hirohito's action prior to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Japanese soldiers willingly fought to the death.
What was the following the Battle of Midway, the United States and its allies adopted a strategy of island hopping. How did Japanese military commanders, soldiers and pilots respond to that strategy?
Though Japan had invaded _____ earlier, they did not attack the United States until _____?
What is China; 1941
The code-name for a series of attacks on Japanese territories.
What was the Manhattan Project?