Road to War
This Japanese policy aimed to expand Japanese influence and territory in Asia.
What is imperialism?
This 1942 naval battle stopped the Japanese advance toward Port Moresby.
What was the Battle of the Coral Sea?
Many civilians in occupied territories were forced to do this type of labour.
What is slave labour?
This US general famously promised “I shall return” to the Philippines.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
This city was the first target of the atomic bomb.
What is Hiroshima?
Japan invaded this Chinese region in 1937, beginning full-scale war between China and Japan.
What is Nanking/Nanjing?
This battle is often considered the major turning point in the Pacific War because Japan lost four aircraft carriers.
What was the Battle of Midway?
This railway project became infamous for brutal treatment of prisoners of war.
What was the Burma-Thailand Railway?
This Japanese admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Who was Yamamoto?
The second atomic bomb was dropped on this city.
What is Nagasaki?
This surprise attack in December 1941 brought the United States into the war.
What was Pearl Harbor?
This campaign became famous for difficult jungle warfare faced by Australian troops.
What was the Kokoda Campaign?
This country experienced rationing, propaganda and fear of invasion after 1942.
What was Australia?
This Allied strategy used naval and air power to isolate Japanese forces.
What was island hopping?
One reason for using the atomic bomb was to avoid this type of costly military action.
What was an invasion of Japan?
The United States placed this economic restriction on Japan before 1941 to limit Japanese expansion.
What was an oil embargo?
This strategy involved Allied forces bypassing heavily defended Japanese positions.
What was island hopping?
People who secretly opposed occupying forces were involved in this activity.
What is resistance?
This Japanese military tactic involved pilots deliberately crashing into enemy ships.
What were kamikaze attacks?
After the war, Japan was occupied mainly by forces from this country.
What was the United States?
This idea promoted Japanese leadership of Asia free from Western control.
What was the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
This battle was the first major Allied offensive against Japan in the Pacific.
What was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
This 1942 bombing shocked Australians because it directly attacked the mainland.
What was the bombing of Darwin?
This leader remained Emperor of Japan during and after the war.
Who was Emperor Hirohito?
These courts were established after the war to prosecute Japanese war criminals.
What were the War Crimes Tribunals?