Rising Tensions
The pact that formed the Axis powers.
What is the Tripartite act?
The Hawaiian island on which Pearl Harbor is located.
What is Oahu?
This US island fell after only two days of fighting.
What is Guam?
This battle was the final one I talked about leading up to the atomic bombs.
What is Okinawa?
For ship is there a memorial of to this day at Pearl Harbor.
What is the USS Arizona?
The area that Germany took and everyone turned a blind eye.
What is the Rhineland? OR What is Czechoslovakia?
At this time, the first bombs dropped on Ford Island.
What is 7:55 AM?
This major group of islands was fought over for months before the Japanese took Manila.
What are The Philippines?
This battle happened in March of 1945 as Japanese resources dwindled.
What is Iwo Jima?
Name two airfields on Oahu.
What are Hickham and Wheeler?
The area the Japanese took which set off the Second Sino-Japanese war.
What is Manchuria?
This battleship sunk blocking the escape of others.
What is the USS Nevada?
This British territory was the closest target of Japanese aggression on December 8.
What is Hong Kong?
This battle marked the first Allied offensive in the Pacific.
What is Guadalcanal?
The two atomic bombs.
What is "Little Boy" and "Fat Man"?
The invasion of this nation started WW2.
What is Poland?
The total number of casualties at Pearl Harbor.
What is 3,581?
This American island put up a better defense than the other, not falling until December 23.
What is Wake Island/Atoll?
This battle was fought entirely by naval aircraft.
What is Corral Sea?
The ship to which a memorial remains today.
What is the USS Arizona?
The United States cut off these supplies from Japan.
What are Oil and Rubber?
The number of planes in the first and second wave combined. (Within 5 of my number earns the point)
What is 160+183=343?
This British-controlled peninsula was invaded by Japanese forces.
What is Malaysia?
This is where the United States first employed the deciphering of Japanese code.
What is Midway?
The distance between California and Hawaii.
What is about 2,500 miles?