Weapons & Tactics
A weapon with great explosive power resulting from the sudden release of energy upon the fission of nuclei of heavy elements like plutonium or uranium.
Atomic Bomb.
Japanese suicide pilots who loaded planes with explosives and crashed them into Allied ships.
Kamikaze.
The theater of war where most of the fighting between Japanese and American forces took place over which ocean?
The Pacific Ocean.
Who was the emperor of The Empire of Japan during World War II.
Emperor Hirohito.
The surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii that brought the United States into WWII.
Attack on Pearl Harbor.
Allied strategy to capture specific Japanese-held islands while bypassing others to move closer to Japan.
Island Hopping.
The U.S. government forcibly incarcerated approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans—two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens—in ten remote "relocation centers" from 1942 to 1945.
Japanese Internment.
The 50th state of the U.S.A. in which was host to the infamous surprise attack on the American Fleet, during World War II, at Pearl Harbor.
Hawaii.
The 32nd U.S. President (1933–1945) who led the nation through most of World War II
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (F.D.R.).
One of the bloodiest, most iconic, and intensely fought battles in Marine Corps history, on an island just south of Tokyo. The 2nd to last major battle of the pacific theater.
Battle of Iwo Jima.
The codename for the first atomic bomb used in warfare, dropped by the U.S. B-29 bomber Enola Gay on Hiroshima, Japan.
"Little Boy"
The top-secret US program that developed the atomic bomb.
The Manhattan Project.
Which two Japanese cities did Americans drop Atomic Bombs to end World War II.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
The 33rd U.S. President (1945–1953), taking office upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in April 1945. He led the U.S. through the final, crucial months of WWII.
Harry S. Truman.
The largest amphibious assault in the Pacific and the final major battle before the atomic bombings, resulting in massive casualties on both sides.
Battle of Okinawa.
The codename for the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan, over the city of Nagasaki during World War II.
"Fat Man."
This order made it legal for the U.S. government to place Japanese Americans in internment camps.
Executive Order 9066.
Led by General Douglas MacArthur, the Allied forces campaigned to retake the islands of which nation in October of 1944, fulfilling his promise to return?
The Philippines.
Commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific.
General Douglas MacArthur.
A critical turning point in the Pacific Theater, where American forces destroyed four Japanese carriers and seized the initiative.
Battle of Midway.